Lesson Plan

Design a Green Rooftop Garden

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This Design a Green Rooftop Garden lesson plan also includes:

Design and construct buildings with rooftop gardens. Junior engineers work in groups to build two buildings and then perform experiments to determine whether or not a garden affects the building's temperatures. They graph and interpret their results. This comprehensive project even incorporates a budgeting worksheet! If you have the time and the space, this well-written, memorable, and educational instructional activity could be the focal point of an interdisciplinary unit.

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Resource Details
Grade
6th - 9th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Duration
2 days
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Year
2011
Usage Permissions
Fine Print: Educational Use