"Exploring life in the river near our school intrigued my third and fourth graders," reports Waits River, VT, teacher Cheryl Ollman. "But, of course, the time for working outside is...
"We had already enjoyed conducting GrowLab curriculum activities and felt ready to expand our growing experiences to some new areas," reports Wichita Falls, TX, teacher Linda Bishop....
"Our sixth grade curriculum required us to cover concepts dealing with growth needs, adaptations, and ecosystems," reports Pocatello, ID, teacher Mary McAleese. "So we decided to bring...
"Our seventh-grade life science textbook had a couple of fascinating pages about growing plants hydroponically -- without soil," reports, New Orleans, LA, teacher Melanie Boulet....
Wetlands was the Buchanan Middle School's science theme last year, so Bob Underly's seventh graders chose to rejuvenate a dried-up pond on their school's property. The students...
Carol Bacig and her sixth graders in Duluth, Minnesota, were inspired by suggestions in our "Biosphere in a Bottle" story. Using silty mud and local pondwater, each student filled and...
Imagine growing food in outer space, feasting on fresh, leafy lettuce during cold winter months, or getting 1,000 pounds of tomatoes from one plant. These are some of the visions that...
When Christine Staskiewicz invited a local farmer and hydroponic grower to talk to her fourth grade students in Westport, Massachusetts, about growing herbs in their GrowLab, she had...
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