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Color in the Garden

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study color in a garden environment. For this color lesson, 3rd graders explore the colors of living and nonliving elements within a garden environment. Resources are provided.
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The Young Virginia Gardener: Fun With Plants

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this gardening activity, students complete lists of things that help plants, hurt them or can do both. Students then read a short passage about how temperature can either help or hurt plants.
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The Young Virginia Gardener: Growing Seeds Indoors: Seeds for Breakfast

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this gardening worksheet, students answer a set of questions about seeds eaten form breakfast in cereals, 10 questions total.
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Building a Butterfly Garden

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students plant a garden which will become the habitat for butterflies as they go through their life cycle.  In this life cycle lesson plan, students grow plants that attract butterflies and feed caterpillars in order to observe the...
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Dreaming of Gardens

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students demonstrate ways to be an environmental philanthropist. For this philanthropy lesson, students read The Gardener and Just a Dream and compare the two books. Students discuss ways the characters demonstrated environmental...
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In The Garden

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine symmetry and transformation concepts. They create patterns that translate, reflect and rotate. Students participate in a variety of activities that explore transformation concepts through the context of a garden.
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Garbage in the Garden

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars create their own compost.  In this soil lesson plan, students fill a bag with waste and soil, in order to create a mini compost bin. Young scholars observe the baggies over a 6 week period, they record their findings and...
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Fluttering Focus

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students look at a flower garden from a butterfly's perspective. They study how artists portray flowers and gardens and exaggerate their scale and boldly colored floral shapes. Each student creates a watercolor pencil rendering of a...
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Metamorphosis Magic

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students make different motions for each stage in the butterfly life cycle and plant a garden. In this butterfly life cycle lesson plan, students can take the mini gardens home and discuss how butterflies help gardens.
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Every Day Edit - New Jersey "The Garden State"

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing learning exercise, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the state of New Jersey. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
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Measure the Gardens

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Understanding arrays is very similar to understanding the relationship between multiplication and area. Give your third graders an opportunity to practice identifying area models that relate repeated addition and multiplication. They...
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Layering

For Teachers 11th
The advantages and disadvantages of the multiple ways of propagating plants are covered in these 15 bright slides.  There are just a few bullet points per slide, and the presentation would fit well into a course specifically about this...
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Seedfolks Q & A Journal

For Students 6th - 8th
Enrich your study of Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman by pairing it with a journal. The journal is made up of questions that correspond with each part of the story. As they read, pupils can respond to the questions. Great for a homework or...
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Soil Composition & Discovery

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Organic or mineral? How does the matter matter? Second graders use their knowledge of the rock cycle to label the different components in garden soil.
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Zen Gardens

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners study the design elements and symbolism of Japanese gardens through a hands-on instructional activity in Zen Garden design.
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How Does Your Garden Grow?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students create a design for a school garden. For this garden design lesson, students analyze what plants grow best in their school's climate and work in teams to design a garden. Students measure the existing space, determine the...
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Looking Upwards: Greenroofing & Rooftop Gardening

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the role of green roofing and rooftop gardening in contemporary architectural design. They then conduct collaborative research to learn about the history, process, science, and environmental impact of green roofing....
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Castle Garden Maze and Coloring Page

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this maze and coloring worksheet, students trace a path through the garden maze in front of a castle. After completing the maze, students color the picture.
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Soil Testing and Measurement

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students prepare their garden plot. In this gardening lesson, students use the Internet or book on plants to make sure the plants they have selected will be able to grow in their garden. The students assess and mark out the garden...
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Special Seeds

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students create their own garden. In this gardening lesson, students get a packet of seeds and plant them in a special part of the garden. They are responsible for watering, weeding, and caring for their plants. 
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Let's Make Stew!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students investigate how to create a vegetable garden and complete related activities. In this vegetable garden lesson, students receive agriculture notebooks to complete vocabulary for the gardening lesson. Students read 'Still-Life...
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Seasonal Scroll Painting

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students take a field trip to a Botanical Gardens. They observe plants and the seasonal changes they go through and create their own scroll painting.
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Germination Observations

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars germinate seeds under a variety of conditions. First, students read and discuss the background of gardening. After reviewing germination and the steps to the scientific method, groups of young scholars complete experiments.
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Poetry

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils write a poem. In this language arts lesson, students discuss what they hear and see in a garden. Pupils write a poem about the sights, sounds and smells of the garden.

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