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A Growing Drama
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"Our school garden was already the centerpiece for many of our science, math, and language arts lessons," reports Camarillo, CA, teacher Beverly Rueckert. "I wanted to find a way to...
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The Gourd Explored
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"My fourth and fifth grade special needs students are captivated by things they can nurture and interact with," reports Joan Gould from Athens, GA. "The kids had been watching and feeding...
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Private Eye Seed Sleuths
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"My middle school students had been fascinated by the incredible diversity of textures, colors, and patterns revealed when they explored seemingly dull seeds under magnifiers," reports...
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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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Ecosystem Explorations
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"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...
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Lessons to Dye For
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"Imagine the kinds of looks my second graders must have gotten when they asked the grocery store clerk if they could clean the onion skins out of the vegetable bin," reports Cambridge,...
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Dyeing to Get Started
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Colors from plants have been used throughout history to enhance people's lives -- for decorating animal skins, fabrics, crafts, hair and bodies. They've been used to distinguish serf...
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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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Designer Pots
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If you're short on pots but strong in the arts, consider creating your own pots for homebound plants. Gordon Joslin's second and third graders in Indianapolis, IN, lined 6-inch plastic...
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Garden Video Visits
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One of the finest experiences my students and I have had is touring different children's gardens around the world through a Garden Video Letter Exchange. It's not as good as going in...
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