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Seed
Stewards: From Generation to Generation
An excellent downloadable activity guidebook for grade K-12 teachers
featuring seed-related lessons in sustainability and stewardship. Includes
details on the science of saving seeds, basics for specific crops, and
support for starting your own school seed store. (This .pdf file is
slow to download.)
Kinder
Garden Seed Company
- Youngsters use their award-winning Schoolyard Habitat site as a context
for a sensational seed enterprise.
Seed
Swap (National Gardening Association)
Through this interactive section of our Web site, gardeners exchange
excess seeds they've saved. Your students can browse through listings
of seeds being offered and post what they have to share.
Genetica's
Dilemma
In this Web-based activity designed for high school students, teams
are asked to play roles of residents in a fictitious town and to research
and debate different sides in a dilemma related to genetically engineered
corn. The site's resources list has good links to information, pro
and
con.
Seed-Saving
Tools and Books
Click on any image or item
name for a description, price, and online ordering.
Seeds Through a Microscope Poster and Samples
Beautiful photographs of seeds, taken through a microscope, show amazing
variations. Along with this laminated poster, samples of 20 seeds help
kids learn to recognize common seeds. Kit also includes 10 empty clear
plastic boxes for seed saving.
(Members save 10%)
Recommended
Seed-Saving Books
(links go to Amazon.com)
Seed Sowing and Saving
Dozens of charts and illustrations help you determine when seeds from
garden favorites are ready for harvest, how to collect and store them,
and how to sow them the following year.
Saving Seeds Features details on harvesting and storing seeds for the easiest-to-grow and most popular vegetables and selected flowers.
Gardening
for the Future of the Earth
An inspirational and informational book for those interested in gardening
organically, saving seeds, and preserving plant diversity.
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Saving
Seeds
Contents
Pg. 1: Saving Seeds
Easy
Vegetables and Flowers
Pg.
2: Curriculum Connections
Packaging
the Harvest
Living
Histories:
Growing Heirloom Seeds
Designer Seeds
Messing
with
Mystery Squash
Go
Seeds Go
Pg.
3: Resources
Web Sites
Related
Articles
Seed-Saving
Stewards
Seeds
to Go:
Saving and Sharing Treasures
Seeds
in Fall:
Collect 'em All
Harvesting
Wildflower Seeds
Breeding
Your Own Squash
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Sharing
and Swapping Invite your savvy seed savers to cultivate new friendships by having fruitful exchanges with other gardeners. Through the interactive Seed Swap section of our Web site, your students can browse through listings of seeds being offered and post what they have to share. If they want to find other growing classrooms with which to exchange, try searching in our School Garden Registry by checking off the box for schools interested in an E-mail Pals Exchange. |
NGA’s latest book for educators, Growing Ventures, features stories
of 18 student-run business projects, as well as step-by-step guidelines,
activities, and worksheets for engaging students in planning and implementing
a plant- or garden-related business that meets your curriculum goals. You'll
find more details at our Gardening
with Kids Store.
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