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Historic Herbal Theme Gardens
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"As a middle school science and social studies teacher, I had always been interested in helping students appreciate the impact of food on history," reports Nashville, TN, teacher Sue...
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Growing Classroom Herbs
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Many herb plants can be easily grown in a classroom light garden or windowsill, started from seeds, cuttings, or plants. Local nurseries, friends' gardens, and catalogs are good sources...
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Field of Greens
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"Several years ago, as part of a math unit on grids and measurement, my fourth graders grew grasses right at their desks in mini-greenhouses made from recycled plastic containers,"...
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Creating a Habitat
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A creature's habitat is a place where individuals of that species or type can usually be found. It contains all the components the organism needs to survive.
At the most basic level,...
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Schoolyard Metamorphosis
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"Kids can rally around these vibrant, ephemeral creatures," explains Collegeville, PA, teacher Sandy Sweeney. "And by creating habitats for butterflies, students inadvertently invite...
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Global Gardening
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"A committee of teachers in our middle school had set a goal of meeting curriculum standards and bringing life and depth to our world geography studies," reports Gaston, SC, geography...
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Cultivating Decision Makers
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An outdoor garden that began with an offer of help from a landscape architect parent turned into much more for a group of second graders in Athens, GA.
"Since my school had adopted...
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Sowing Seeds of Understanding
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"My third grade Spanish/English immersion class decided that our school garden could provide the ideal context for cross-cultural connections," reports Arlington, VA, teacher Marykirk...
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Garden Planning
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To prepare her students for carving out a garden site in the schoolyard, middle school teacher Joan Dungey in Yellow Springs, OH, invited them to reflect on and write about their favorite...
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Transplant Countdown
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If you're planning to grow plants outside, it may soon be time for your students' carefully nurtured seedlings to face the harsh realities of the great outdoors as they're moved to...
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