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Enchanted Views

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students will create a garden with specific fabrics to a set grid (p 73) to fit the pull-out pattern of the gate. This pattern will be transferred onto the foreground which in turn will be basted onto the garden. A hand needle-turn...
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Sowing Seeds of Service

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use metric measuring for model and actual plan in designing a roof garden. They photograph the process, record results in a journal, and plant seedlings in small containers. Finally, 3rd graders complete an acid rain...
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Grow a Plant

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars combine their prior knowledge about plants with a garden learning activity. In this science gardening instructional activity, students discuss what plants need to survive. Young scholars then plant a seed themselves and...
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Dishing the Dirt Part 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a soil center on their school grounds. They begin to write in their science journals. They participate in an experiment that helps the community begin their own gardens.
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The Lepidoptera Project

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students are introduced to Scientific Inquiry and discover how to design an experiment that answers critical questions using butterflies as the topic. They design experiments that compare the number of species of butterflies in a vacant,...
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Color Your World with Changes --- the Camouflage Game

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders, after predicting dominant colors foud in their habitat or garden, visit heir area on a monthly basis. They search for colored toothpicks, then graph the results, determining the dominant color for the month.
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Plant Parts with Sequencing Cube

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to the story, Jack's Garden by Henry Cole. They learn the parts of the plant by looking at live plants.
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Houses in Japan

For Teachers 1st
First graders compare the everday lives of school-aged children in the United States and Japan by comparing the houses they live in. They discuss how traditional Japanese houses are designed with a feeling of opennes to the outdoors and...
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READY, SET, PLANT

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the basic steps a gardener takes in planting seeds. Students identify the many uses of tomatoes. Students examine the seeds and try to identify them. Students place their plants in a sunny window and water them when...
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Plants of the Tropical Rainforest

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students experiment with the growth of philodendron plants in different amounts of sunlight. They complete a gardening notebook including plant sketches and growth data.
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Estimation and Pattern Discovery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students collect sunflower heads from their community garden. They estimate its seed count using different strategies. They graph their estimations on a graph and use calculators to find the actual total.
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Forget-Me-Knots in a Pot

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss Alaska's state flower and grow their own flowers in pots. They discover skills needed for gardening and plant care. Once students have researched the state flower, they draw pictures of forget-me-knots and list the...
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Giving

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students analyze the true meaning of giving in this three part lesson. First, the students make a fanciful wish for a loved one. Second, they students make hand-made presents such as stepping-stones for the school garden, Finally,...
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"Mother's Day Mess"- Word Scramble

For Students 4th - 5th
In this book word scramble worksheet, student unscramble letters to find 14 words related to the book Mother's Day Mess . They write words such as breakfast, mother, whispered, seeds, soil and garden on the lines.
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Squigly's Word Search- Water Fun

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this word search worksheet, students locate 21 words that are related to water fun. They find the words that are located in a word bank at the bottom of the page which include water skiing, water wings, garden hose, and beach.
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FBI

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders experiment with compost. For this Science lesson, 4th graders begin a worm compost as well as an outdoor compost. Students discuss decomposition.
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It's Just Dirt

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners discover how seed germination varies according to the soil type. In this soil science lesson, students discuss what plants need in order to grow and investigate various types of soil. Learners use their senses to describe each...
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How Perspective Shapes Understanding of History

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The Boston Massacre may be an iconic event in American history, but perhaps the British soldiers had another point of view. Using primary sources, including reports from Boston newspapers and secondary sources from the British...
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Mini-Ecosystems

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students use plastic bottles to create terrariums and plant Venus Flytraps. They observe the plants and the terrariums for illustrations of the water cycle and species' adaptations to a specific environment.
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Fractions Challenge

For Students 6th - 7th
In this fractions worksheet, students solve 1 problem that includes using various fractions to solve. First, they read through the problem and identify the diagram shown on the top. Then, students draw on the plan how they would make...
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Plants

For Teachers K
Students plant bean seeds and draw pictures of the plants as they grow. They create their own garden, plant the seeds, and keep a journal of their growth.
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Self Assessment of Multiple Intelligences

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students brainstorm and discuss the meaning of intelligence while practicing communication in English. They complete a worksheet describing the skills that they are good at then break into small groups to create a short English...
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Imaging Animals and Plants

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students participate in a read aloud of, "The Gardener" and "Shelterwood" to practice imaging what it would be like to be a plant or woodland animal. They either write an illustrated story as if they were a plant or animal for a day or...
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White Horse Estate Agents

For Students 7th - 8th
In this Language Arts worksheet, students write a description of a house. Students include information about the downstairs, upstairs, garden, and garage.

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