The growing classroom : garden-based science / Roberta Jaffe, Gary Appel ; developed by Life Lab Science Program.
Jaffe, Roberta
The growing classroom : garden-based science / Roberta Jaffe, Gary Appel ; developed by Life Lab Science Program. - [New ed.]. - South Burlington, Vt. National Gardening Association 2007 - 464 p. ill. 28 cm.
"The Growing Classroom provides activities for teaching science, environmental awareness, and nutrition in an outdoor living laboratory as well as in a classroom setting. The combination of direct observation and experimentation in the garden laboratory and focused lessons on specific topics is the core of Life Lab."--Information taken from p. 13. \\Contents: Let's work together: problem solving and communication -- We are all scientists: awareness and discovery -- The living Earth: soil -- Growing -- Living laboratory: outdoor gardening -- Cycles and changes -- Interdependence -- Garden ecology -- Garden creatures -- Weather and climate -- Food choices -- Nutrients -- Food systems and consumerism -- Appendix: Blackline masters ; Gardening "how to" ; Building plans ; Scope and sequence ; English/Spanish vocabulary list.
9780915873487
School gardens--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Science--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Children--Nutrition--Study and teaching (Elementary)
SB55 J34 2007
The growing classroom : garden-based science / Roberta Jaffe, Gary Appel ; developed by Life Lab Science Program. - [New ed.]. - South Burlington, Vt. National Gardening Association 2007 - 464 p. ill. 28 cm.
"The Growing Classroom provides activities for teaching science, environmental awareness, and nutrition in an outdoor living laboratory as well as in a classroom setting. The combination of direct observation and experimentation in the garden laboratory and focused lessons on specific topics is the core of Life Lab."--Information taken from p. 13. \\Contents: Let's work together: problem solving and communication -- We are all scientists: awareness and discovery -- The living Earth: soil -- Growing -- Living laboratory: outdoor gardening -- Cycles and changes -- Interdependence -- Garden ecology -- Garden creatures -- Weather and climate -- Food choices -- Nutrients -- Food systems and consumerism -- Appendix: Blackline masters ; Gardening "how to" ; Building plans ; Scope and sequence ; English/Spanish vocabulary list.
9780915873487
School gardens--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Science--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Children--Nutrition--Study and teaching (Elementary)
SB55 J34 2007
