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100 1 _aJaffe, Roberta
245 1 0 _aThe growing classroom : garden-based science / Roberta Jaffe, Gary Appel ; developed by Life Lab Science Program.
250 _a[New ed.].
260 _bNational Gardening Association
_aSouth Burlington, Vt.
_c2007
300 _a464 p.
_bill.
_c28 cm.
505 0 0 _a"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.
650 1 0 _aSchool gardens
_xStudy and teaching (Elementary)
650 1 0 _aScience
_xStudy and teaching (Elementary)
650 1 0 _aChildren
_xNutrition--Study and teaching (Elementary)
700 1 _aAppel, Gary
050 0 _aSB55 J34 2007
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