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H2ous.org: H20 Use: Gardening Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Find inspiration for water-conserving gardens. Take a garden tour or look at the garden gallery for more ideas. Hot links are provided to favored plants and their detailed information.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science of Gardening

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this site to get the "dirt" on dirt. Explore a savage garden or choose from the various aspects of gardening: feed, control or bloom.
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Texas A&M University

Aggie Horticulture: Kinder Garden: School Gardens

For Students 3rd - 5th
Get all the information needed to begin and maintain a school garden and a composting program. Features include step-by-step slide shows for creating a school garden or compost program.
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Creating a School Garden

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Use this comprehensive site to create a garden at your school. Topics include: school gardening at a glance, cost estimate worksheet, design: using student ideas, and more.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Schools Online: My First Garden

For Students 3rd - 8th
An interactive guide to "plan[ning], nurtur[ing], and enjoy[ing] the benefits of a beautiful flower or vegetable garden," "My First Garden" clearly relays the basic steps necessary in creating a garden and provides a detailed "Teacher's...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: My First Garden

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learning about gardens, flowers, vegetables and the principles of horticulture can be a really fun experience. Discover about the beauty of gardens, and the care involved in planning, nurturing and enjoying the benefits of gardening in a...
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Montreal Botanical Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents information on the Montreal Botanical Garden in Quebec, Canada. The site contains general information about the Garden. Also on the site is information about various gardens and greenhouses of the Botanical Garden,...
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Your Garden: How to Make It a Safe Haven for Birds

For Students 9th - 10th
What do birds need to thrive in our gardens? Find out what our gardens provide for birds and what other resources we can provide to make the garden a pleasant place for birds to dwell.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: The Cullen Sculpture Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
Visiting information for the Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas, with links to slideshows of current works on display and information and history on the landscape and chronology of the Garden.
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Bird Friendly Gardening

For Students 9th - 10th
Would you like to attract birds to your backyard? Look here to learn how to create an inviting garden for birds.
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Alabama Cooperative Extension System: Container Gardening

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything you would need to know about container gardening is at this site. The benefits of container gardening, how to choose a container, how to select a soil mixture, how to select plants, planting, fertilizing, watering, and other...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Teeny Tiny Garden Craft

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Grow your own garden with this lesson plan. Learners will learn about plants while they create their own garden.
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Madison Square Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
The official site for the Madison Square Gardens, the world's most famous arena!
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Garden Spiders

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from Garden Insects, learn about six varieties of spiders that live in one garden. [2:40]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Community Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
Orville Edwards describes how community gardens help improve the quality of life in the city in this video segment from WILD TV.
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University of Idaho Extension: Idaho Landscapes & Gardens: Garden Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
A gardening resource which addresses basic gardening tips, and also contains information on composting, preparing soil, irrigating, and using pesticides and fertilizers.
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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Gardening and Flowers

For Students 9th - 10th
This page offers a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 23 vocabulary words pertaining to Gardening and Flowers. It also provides an extensive gardening word list, gardening tips, and lesson plan ideas.
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Read Works

Read Works: Carl's Garden Problem

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Carl who wants to plant a garden. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Museum of Science

Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago: Activities: Grow a Garden in a Glove

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Check out this step-by-step experiment and, before you know it, you'll be growing a garden in a glove.
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Texas A&M University

Kinder Garden

For Students Pre-K - 1st
There are many opportunities available for younger students to get involved with plants, gardens, and the outdoors in general. Some of these opportunities include children's programs at school gardens, botanic gardens or community...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Garden, Garden, What Do You Do?

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners explore different gardens on our school grounds to investigate the natural world using inquiry and their senses. The students will take a guided walk from garden to garden using their observations to notice and wonder how...
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Texas A&M University

Tamu: Aggie Horticulture: School Gardens

For Students 3rd - 5th
Teachers and students interested in finding information on how to start a garden in their school will find this site very helpful. This site, sponsored by the Department of Horticulture Sciences at Texas A&M University, includes a...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Urban Programs Resource Network: My First Garden

For Students 3rd - 5th
What does a garden need to grow? Aimed at younger students, learn what is needed for your first garden to succeed.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Tulip Test Gardens

For Students 9th - 10th
A step-by-step guide to planting, growing and investigating with a garden full of tulips.

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