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Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy: Gardens Activity Guide: Soil

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson learners conduct a soil analysis to understand soil types and explore the relationship between the garden and healthy, fertile soil. Soil is a natural resource that is crucial to life on Earth and when managed properly, it...
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Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy: Gardens Activity Guide: Habitats

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson students learn how the garden provides habitat for a variety of different animal species. They make observations and collect data to determine which species inhabit the garden. They will investigate relationships among...
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Careers New Zealand

Careers New Zealand: Gardener

For Students 9th - 10th
Although based out of New Zealand, this site provides quality information on the occupation of gardening. Information includes typical tasks and duties, personal requirements needed for the job, education requirements, typical working...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Rooftop Gardens: Are They a Cool Idea?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Around the world, rooftops are being transformed into living green expanses. Besides beauty, rooftop gardens have a number of advantages, including growing food and taking carbon dioxide out of the air while releasing breathable oxygen....
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Nature Conservancy

Nature Works Everywhere: Pollinator Garden Tip Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th
Certain creatures help pollinate plants. This guide will help gardeners plant good pollinator plants.
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Other

Musee D'orsay: Mary Cassatt, Girl in the Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, this is an image, description and explanation with an accompanying link to other facts about the American Impressionist painting "Girl in the Garden" by Mary Cassatt.
Article
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Rain Gardens

For Students 9th - 10th
Get some tips and strategies to create a sustainable rain garden.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Container Gardens

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to maximize the wildlife in a small space by planting a container garden.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Amateur Gardener" by Andrew Barton Paterson

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "The Amateur Gardener" by Andrew Barton Paterson; this passage offers instructions on how to be an amateur gardener with stories of other gardeners throughout.
eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of "The Troll Garden and Selected Stories"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for Willa Cather's "The Troll Garden and Selected Stories." Use the left sidebar to navigate through the stories which include "On The Divide," which is the first story to appear on the page.
Article
Scholastic

Scholastic: A White House Garden Harvest

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Michelle Obama started a garden on the grounds of the White House in 2009. This article features her invitation to children to join her while to conduct her final harvest since they will be leaving the White House during the winter of 2016.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin: The Garden of Abdul Gasazi

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Explore this informative teachers' guide for the book, "The Garden of Abdul Gasazi," by Chris Van Allsburg. Students and teachers will enjoy this comprehensive source.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Plant an Ozone Monitoring Garden

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students monitor local ozone by looking in their neighborhoods for ozone-injured plants or establishing similar gardens outside their schools or in their backyards.
Article
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Learn From 'Xperienced Xeriscape Gardeners

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how landscapers are using a gardening technique that uses little water.
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Other

The Rspb: A to Z of a Wildlife Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the steps to making a good wildlife garden that attracts all types of wildlife.
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Gardening in the 18th Century

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Site offers students the opportunity to design their own gardens. Several disciplines can be used through this imaginative group lesson.
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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Japanese Seasonal Scroll Painting [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
An activity where students learn about the art of Japanese scroll painting, and create their own scroll painting to reflect the seasonal changes in a garden. This is designed to be in conjunction with a visit to a Japanese garden, but...
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Garden Behind the Moon

For Students 2nd - 4th
A scanned copy of the 1895 publication of The Garden Behind the Moon by Howard Pyle, a fiction book for children.
Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "A Girl's Garden" by Robert Frost

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of "A Girl's Garden" by Robert Frost.
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Other

Finca La Isla's Botanical Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is part of the Web of "Talamanca Discovery", an organization that promotes ecotourism in Costa Rica. The page provides information about Finca la Isla's Botanical Garden, open to tourists.
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BBC

Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Common Snail, Garden Snail

For Students 9th - 10th
See what new things you can learn about the common garden snail. This site provides a detailed fact sheet and colorful photos.
eBook
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Andrew Marvell the Garden*

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the orginal text of Marvell's poem, "The Garden," without explanatory note. In this poem, Marvell compares the soldiers in England's Civil War to flowers.
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Nature Canada

Nature Canada: How to Plant a Monarch Friendly Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about how to create your own Monarch butterfly garden in your backyard is provided. There are detailed descriptions of the kinds of milkweed and other wildflower plants that a Monarch butterfly needs in order to lay its...
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Andre Dollinger

Reshafim: House and Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
This interesting site tells of housing construction techniques, house plans, gardens, and estates. Many pictures and hyperlinks for more information. There are also links to other websites.

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