EXPLORE Create poetry for seed packets, engage through sensory writing, and produce how-to guides for taking care of your favorite plants. EXPLORE SCIENCE Investigate the principles of biology, botany, and entomology; observe life cycles, mechan- ics of growth, and self-contained eco-systems; and conduct experiments examining erosion, diverse climates, and biodegradable materials. EXPLORE HEALTH & WELLNESS Study nutrition and healthy foods versus unhealthy foods, meditate outdoors, and even share the harvest through a farmstand or party. THIS IS YOUR TKC LEARNING GARDEN EDUCATOR: Students will build character – develop a sense of responsi- bility through caring for living things, cooperation through teamwork and collaboration, and creative problem solving skills in learning how to troubleshoot in the garden. The learning doesn’t stop here. For Standards Aligned Lessons & Activities and for Gardening Resources, visit www.thekitchencom- munity.org. Reach out to your Garden Educator to craft a plan that works for your students: LEARNING GARDEN TEAM LEAD: EMAIL EMAIL Connect plants from different cultures to recipes, study gardening culture by geography, and increase language fluency (ESL and Foreign) using garden terminology. BUILD CULTURAL COMPETENCY EXERCISE CREATIVITY Conduct art & engineering projects: jazz up the exterior of the beds and create signage, examine irrigation, experiment with natural dyes, use as an outdoor performance space, capture recordings of the urban environment. EXPLORE MATH Measure plots, space seeds, portion out recipes, calculate amounts on nutrition labels, create a budget, and track plant growth and harvests.

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Page 1: BUILD CULTURAL COMPETENCY...Connect plants from different cultures to recipes, study gardening culture by geography, and increase language fluency (ESL and Foreign) using garden terminology

EXPLORECreate poetry for seed packets, engage through sensory writing, and produce how-to guides for taking care of your favorite plants.

EXPLORE

SCIENCEInvestigate the principles of biology, botany, and entomology; observe life cycles, mechan-ics of growth, and self-contained eco-systems; and conduct experiments examining erosion, diverse climates, and biodegradable materials.

EXPLORE

HEALTH &WELLNESS

Study nutrition and healthy foods versus unhealthy foods, meditate outdoors, and even share the harvest through a farmstand or party.

THIS ISYOUR

TKC LEARNING GARDEN EDUCATOR:

Students will build character – develop a sense of responsi-bility through caring for living things, cooperation through teamwork and collaboration, and creative problem solving skills in learning how to troubleshoot in the garden. The learning doesn’t stop here. For Standards Aligned Lessons & Activities and for Gardening Resources, visit www.thekitchencom-munity.org. Reach out to your Garden Educator to craft a plan that works for your students:

LEARNING GARDEN TEAM LEAD:

Connect plants from different cultures to recipes, study gardening culture by geography, and increase language fluency (ESL and Foreign) using garden terminology.

BUILD

CULTURALCOMPETENCY

EXERCISE

CREATIVITY Conduct art & engineering projects: jazz up the exterior of the beds and create signage, examine irrigation, experiment with natural dyes, use as an outdoor performance space, capture recordings of the urban environment.

EXPLORE

MATHMeasure plots, space seeds, portion out recipes, calculate amounts on nutrition labels, create a budget, and track plant growth and harvests.