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Garden-Based Learning Scores
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"I had never gardened myself and didn't even know what a radish seed was," reports second and third grade Louisville, KY, teacher Andrea Miller.
According to new Kentucky Educational...
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Inquiring into Inquiry
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What do kids really understand about plants? What are their misconceptions? How can teachers do a better job of helping kids wrestle with ideas and build an understanding of how plants...
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School Gardens Measure Up
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"The science concepts and skills students gained from our garden project were impressive, but perhaps more significant was the self-esteem that flourished," reports special education...
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Documenting the Harvest
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After exploring what academic researchers have uncovered about how students benefit from gardening programs, we wondered what strategies and tools classroom teachers routinely use to...
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Catch Them Thinking
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"Early in the year, I suggest classroom plant investigations, model how to develop predictions about what might happen, and help students set them up," reports second grade teacher...
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Journals: Windows on Thinking and Learning
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"I want my second graders to begin to think and act like scientists," reports Durham, NC, teacher Sarah Meyer. "When they're exploring plants and other garden elements, for instance,...
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Rapping Up a Unit
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"I wanted a fun and meaningful way to culminate our ecology unit, and to assess my seventh graders' understanding of some of the concepts we covered," reports Rochester, NY, teacher...
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Science Assessment: A Growing Challenge
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Sure they're excited and having fun, but how does classroom gardening improve students' science and problem solving skills, content understanding, and attitudes toward learning? We're...
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But What Are They Learning?
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As educators, we experience the excitement that hands-on approaches generate and enthusiastically watch students become involved with science as they create products and solve problems....
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Concept Maps
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Your students may have memorized the parts of a flower, but do they conceptually understand the role of flowers in relation to plant life cycles, pollinators, and agriculture? One way...
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