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If It Smells Good, Is Edible, and Attracts Wildlife, Then It's a Practical Garden
Students explore landscape design. In this practical gardening lesson, students design landscape plans that call for shrubs, trees, and plants that can be used for aesthetics, cooking, and wildlife.
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Wild Animal Science
Students discover how environmental factors impact the survival of a population. In this landscape design activity, students create a new animal and discuss the relationship between the animal and its environment before creating a...
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Landscape Design
Young scholars create a landscape plan and keep track of their costs. They present plans to a visiting contractor and designer.
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Xeriscaping In Your Community
Fourth graders participate in a service-learning project to design landscaping that maximizes water use and utilizes indigenous plant species.