I did my project with Taylor McNeil and we decided to focus our world on gardening. When we were assigned this project, we brainstormed some different ideas that our world could revolve around. The first idea that we had was the season of Fall. We thought that it would be a great idea to revolve our world around fall because it was the season that we are currently in but then we decided to do something different. Some of our other ideas included birthdays, recycling, and gardens. We then narrowed it down between two choices, gardening and recycling. Both of us are passionate about our environment and so these topics were extremely intriguing. We then decided that we were the most interested in gardening and selected it to be our world. Gardening is a pretty broad topic so we focussed more on the reason behind gardening and the life cycle of a plant. When looking at all the Common Core Standards there were many standards that could be incorporated into a lesson about gardening, so many that we chose six of them. The first one we chose was CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.1. In this standard, students would ask and answer questions demonstrating that they understand the text. A way to incorporate this into a classroom would be to ask students questions, about gardening and plants,before you read aloud a book about gardens to them. Instead of having the students answer the questions right away, have them think about these questions while you read aloud the book. After you finish reading
Introducing farming curriculum in school will benefit the young kids. Kids are more likely to learn to work together (teamwork), nature experience that they never may have a chance to experience, after seeing where vegetables come from, students are more likely to want to eat them at home or buy from store instead of other junk snacks. Introducing healthy food choice at the early age, will promote a better health in
Thesis: “The Chrysanthemums” points out the flaws society has concerning gender inequality, specifically the oppression and underestimating of women. This is clear in the characterization of Elisa, Henry, and the Tinker, the symbolism of the chrysanthemums, and the motif of clothing.
“ There are your radish seeds everyone.” Said Mr. Susick. The whole class looked around at each other with a blank confused face. It was the first day of junior year in my English class. Mr. Susick started talking about how our first assignment would be to grow radishes. We were all thinking, how in the world does gardening relate to English class. I had heard about this project from previous juniors but none of them said what the real reason was. All Mr. Susick said was that you need to let the project teach itself and get into nature. He left us with one bit of information along with the requirements to start. The main goal of the assignment was to extract your own universal truths. For the first time in English class,
Starting off this lesson, we will ask the students what they had for dinner the night before. We will write down some of the food on the board for the class to see. We will then ask the class if these are foods that a plant could eat. We will then explain that plants cannot eat the same food we eat but they have their own food. After explaining that plants cannot eat the
The two boys showed they were confidant and knowledgeable about gardening, for example they knew how to use a rake to mulch the garden and how to care for the plants (Elliott, 2014). As a future educator this example can be facilitated into a lesson by developing children’s knowledge on the environment, weather, and season pattern changes that cause the leaves to die and fall off trees (ACARA, 2015). Additionally, children also learn about composting and how these leaves provide essential nutrients to the soil for plants to grow and provide shelter and cover for animals and living things (ACARA, 2015). Children can also develop their science inquiry skills by questioning and predicting various trees and leaves and identify and analyse similarities and differences in the leaves by also using their senses to explore. Most importantly, by engaging children in the process of gardening, they begin to show respect for the environment and understand the importance of maintaining
The theme I chose was darkness. This can be seen in the fact that all of the crops and food are dying because of a lack of water and lack of rain. Since there was a lack of water, the dirt was very loose, and was blown around a lot. This created dust storms, which killed or hurt crops and how they grew. This created darkness. Dust was blowing everywhere, making people cough, making it hard for people to breath. It was hard for people to live around all of the dust. It was a dark time.
My theme was fear. Fear is constantly involved with everyone everyday.It can be from having a fear of heights or fear of failing a test. Fear impacts in society because everyone fears of something.For example, one of the biggest fears in this world currently is the presidency of Donald Trump. Many people of the United States especially immigrants fear that Donald Trump isn’t going to treat them fairly. The immigrants show how scared they are and how their lives are about to change because of Donald Trump. They show their fears throughout social media, the news, and even in public protest. They fear of the outcome of Donald Trump. Fear has contributed in this world through many occasions and people have learned how to deal with it.
Botanicals are an appealing way to introduce science to children while pleasing and engaging the senses. At all ages, it is important to orientate children towards native plants and wildlife. Learning about the importance, function, and preservation of native species not only teaches science concepts, but also encourages environmental stewardship. The Botanical Gardens walking and hiking trails are an opportunity to exercise while studying diverse flora and fauna. In addition to nature education opprotunities, Chicago Botanical Gardens has model train exhibit.
It all started on the first day of school when we hauled the stuff we used for the hydro room. We learned about different chemicals we need to put in the water to help the plants grow bigger and faster. Some of the chemicals we used is nutrients and stuff to adjust the PH levels in the water. We were also taught what conditions you need to grow plants. Different plants need different conditions that's why in Canada we can't grow oranges or peaches. When we were on our canoe trip we looked at many different local fruits and plants. Some of those were blueberries, strawberries and bunch berries. Overall Eco 9 has taught me many different helpful things throughout the
After reading “A Discourse of Western planting,” by Richard Hakluyt, several things are brought to attention regarding the European perception of North America’s potential. In Hakluyt’s argument of over 20 reasons of why England should make colonizing North America a priority, it becomes evident that one of England’s main contributing factors is to gain a foot hold above rival countries, mainly Spain. However, though England’s reasons for pushing colonization are not directly equivalent to the rest of Europe’s motivation, it does provide insight into what public opinions were on colonization.
This experience was chosen to encourage the children to explore and participate in growing their own food in order to extend their knowledge and understanding of where food originates from and present the importance plants have on earth’s eco-systems. The activities in this learning plan are designed to assist children in connecting with the natural environment and understanding their world around them through sensory and hands-on investigation (Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations [DEEWR], 2009). When children are connected with and contribute to their world, they develop environmental values and become socially responsible citizens who show respect for the environment (DEEWR, 2009). Altering the connectedness of children
My project helped our environment, maybe not on a global scale but small victories such as this one matter. “Plants…not only feed themselves but they also are the ultimate source of food for virtually all other organisms,” (Reece et al. 118). We humans depend on plants and other autotrophic organism for nutrients, because we ourselves cannot produce our own food. Plants and humans are also interdependent, “Plants…convert CO2 and H2O to sugars and other organic materials, and release O2 as a
A plant is any of the boundless number of living beings within the biological kingdom Plantae, these species are considered of low motility since this species generally generate their own food by sunlight. They incorporate a large group of commonplace life forms including trees, forbs, bushes, grasses, vines, plants, and greeneries. In this task we are experimenting the relationship between light and plant growth by growing plants in three different lights which are red light, blue light and white light. As I stated above that plants generate their own food by sunlight. Sunlight can be broken up by a prism into respective colors of red, blue, orange, yellow, green, indigo, violet and white. All this lights have specific
Humans depend on plants in numerous ways. One reason we depend on plants is for consumption. Plants have the unique ability of producing their own food through a process called photosynthesis. In this process, plants are able to produce macromolecules such as carbohydrates that cannot be produced in animals or humans. In humans, the only to gain these macromolecules is to consume plant matter, or consume plant-eating animals (herbivores).
Gardening is a beneficial aspect of anyone’s day to day life. It’s something that is enjoyable for the elderly, young children, single people, and married couples. Gardening is also a way to bring the family together. Whether the garden is for aesthetic or utilitarian purposes, the hard work put into the garden is worthwhile. Gardens can provide financial relief, a healthier diet, and a healthier lifestyle. Gardening could also be a great life lesson that is carried and passed on through generations.