2.+In+the+Garden

This page will offer ideas and lesson resources for you to use as you run the kitchen garden program. Also check out the Science pagefor more ideas
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Our kids need as healthy a start as we can possibly give them. That is why we have a policy of no poisons. When 20 to 40 people are working around the same garden plots it is also hard to keep track of who used what chemical when, or how much would accumulate.Using poisons in a school garden also begs the question of who is going to take liability if a child takes a reaction to residues.======
 * So no poisons**. We don't use artificial fertilizers as they are a false economy. They make for lazy land use and are not organically sustainable. The education we are devising for our students is a high quality one. Safe organic compost and fertilizers are our method. Both of these things are written up as policy in our School Environmental Management Plan. **[S.E.M.P.]**

RISK ASSESSMENT FIRST

A basic garden unit/workbook incorporating many useful theories or concepts for successful gardening. If you use this you may not need any of the links below This is a good unit for middle school or high school. addresses the theory behind gardening. media type="custom" key="22335712"

Intro gardening lesson resources plant life cycle video [] this is upper primary or high school Plant Dictionary- all the terms you need to understand Harvesting

Organic pest control The following are from SAKG website

Explore garden colours Garden __ Walk Bracelets [|http://kitchenpantryscientist.com]  __ Take a walk around the garden while assembling your own jewellery in a targeted colour. All you need is duct tape. Cut the tape so it fits comfortably around your wrist and tape it around like a bracelet, **sticky side out**. Take a walk and look for small leaves, flowers and other natural artifacts to adorn your wristlets.

Body care with the garden see this page 2.2 Body care and the garden

Mini green house Fun green house instructions for grass house. Biology unit from CSIRO

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great video on the importance of bugs [] BEES BEES BEES more are on the sakg website. Living or non living media type="custom" key="23890312" Living things have cells - microscope lesson watch the video here and then do the lesson your self. [] look under video tab classifying animals game - [] sorting living/non living things game and many other games [|http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2science.html#lcycles5b] Life cycle movie online [] life cycles games [] life cycle of butterfly [] Example of lesson plans (thanks to Tracy and Michelle)

28 spot lady beetles Crop rotation Companion plants Compost Its gotten rotten video about compost [] media type="custom" key="22335690" media type="custom" key="22335698" Soggy soil Soil Health life in soil video []

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soil testing Seasonal cycles This lesson ties in with Aboriginal and Torris straight islander priority. Garden Labels Garden exercise For a list of garden activities from the SAKGF click here Mulch media type="custom" key="22335706" tools

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National Tree Day visit this page for ideas and lesson plans http://halindagreen.wikispaces.com/National+Tree+Day

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Work Skills-Job training in the garden. Thinking about getting you students trained to complete tasks independently, this is a good place to start. As you train each job take photos to make a visual schedule relevant to your class. == ==

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Make Newspaper pots Make cards with seeds embeded [] Make recycled paper Investigate pollen [] Disect a flower label and dissect flower online [] []

Biology unit from CSIRO


 * Garden WEB LINKS**
 * [|ABC tv program the students may have seen called DIRT GIRL WORLD all about gardening] A good interactive site for the white board to practice virtual gardening.
 * [|Visyenviromaniacs virtual world around sustainability] A new site that was in my piegon hole haven't checked it all out yet.
 * [|Fresh for Kids Sydney markets] Has resources, info and games all about fresh food
 * [|government sustainability resources site]
 * [|guide to school greenhouse]
 * Students might find some useful information. Also has some cool videos to watch the growing process sped up.
 * [|Dan the gardener interactive site] This is a UK site with some useful recipes, videos and games about healthy food and eating.
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