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Color in the Garden
Third graders study color in a garden environment. In this color lesson, 3rd graders explore the colors of living and nonliving elements within a garden environment. Resources are provided.
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Cricket Wars
Third graders explore living and nonliving things in a garden environment. In this garden environment lesson, 3rd graders study the effects of crickets in a garden. Students explore the interaction between living and nonliving elements.
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
Students explore plant life by reading books about gardening. In this botany lesson, students read the books From Seed to Plant and Oh Say Can You Seed? while identifying the necessary elements to raising a healthy plant. Students view...
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The Young Virginia Gardener: Growing Seeds Indoors: Seeds for Breakfast
In this gardening worksheet, students answer a set of questions about seeds eaten form breakfast in cereals, 10 questions total.
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The Young Virginia Gardener: Fun With Plants
In this gardening worksheet, students complete lists of things that help plants, hurt them or can do both. Students then read a short passage about how temperature can either help or hurt plants.
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The Young Virginia Gardener: Container Gardening-Kitty Garden
In this gardening learning exercise, learners read a passage on container gardens for cats, then research why cats like catnip and grass. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Grow Your Own Grub
Pupils study plant needs and growth by completing a gardening activity. In this plant study lesson, students watch a video and discuss plant growth needs. Pupils plant seeds in containers and water the plants. Students take photos of the...
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Explorit's Garden Quiz: How Does Your Garden Grow?
For this plants worksheet, students complete a 6 question multiple choice quiz about gardening, plants and agriculture. This is an online interactive worksheet.
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Drawing Snails
In this garden coloring worksheet, students color a garden scene with mushrooms and sunflowers with three snails. Students are instructed to draw more snails.
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Bank On It!
In this science worksheet, students fill in the blanks to complete a story about turning an empty field into a garden. They select words from a word bank of ten words to create the story.
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Nature Word Search
In this word search worksheet, students locate 18 vocabulary words and mark them in the puzzle. All words pertain to the garden. There is a word bank.
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Nature Word Search: More Difficult
In this nature word search worksheet, students locate 24 words in a puzzle. All words pertain to nature and the garden. There is a word bank.
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Grow Your Own
Students study the growth and care of plants. They take tour of their school site and plant seeds to observe their growth. Afterward, they answer questions about the origin and value of their plants.
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Creating Gardens
Students are shown that numeracy is all around them. They use volume, and calculate the quantity of soil required to make a garden to given instructions. Students are asked how to calculate the amount of soil required for the garden.
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Costing A Garden
Students work in groups and plan a garden within a budget. They investigate appropriate plants for their area, compare and report prices. As a group, they consider the shape, size, type of soil, and draw a layout of the planned garden....
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Giving Back to our School Community
Young scholars recognize that gifts can be for a community and not just for an individual. They acknowledge that helping to beautify our school community is a positive step in becoming a contributing citizen.
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Planting A Garden On Campus
Students investigate the school campus area in order to plan the best spot for a class garden. They create a map of the school and research the different types of soil that exist in order to find the best spot. The class takes the...
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Dimensional Flower Garden
Students relate the colors in a garden to those in a rainbow by creating a multicolored three-dimensional garden portrait. They read, "Planting a Rainbow" by Lois Ehlert, then construct their garden with colored paper on white cardstock.
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Make a Garden
Fourth graders determine the area of a given garden plot. They determine the area of smaller portions of the garden. They determine how many gardens they can make of a given area. They complete the activity using computer software.
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Little Bloomers: Gardening With Trees
Young scholars identify the parts of tree flowers. They examine the role they have in pollination. They discuss trees that do not flower as well.
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Mapping the Garden
Learners discuss maps, the features on a map, and why maps are important. They make a map of a garden they will be planting, complete with symbols that represent the various plants they choose to plant.
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Building a Mini-park And Bird Sanctuary Lesson 2: Helping Others With a Garden
Young scholars investigate how gardening can help others through sharing by listening to a read aloud of Shea Darian's, Grandpa's Garden. They examine at least three purposes of gardens and their importance to people.
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Building a Mini-park And Bird Sanctuary Lesson 3: Location, Location, Location
Students work cooperatively using the democratic process to select a place for a park. They identify how the garden in the park will look. They write a five paragraph essay as an assessment.
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Garden Tag
Students create mini "gardens" in recycled clothing boxes. They recycle old seed and flower catalogs and "plant" cut-out flowers in their gardens.