Gardening Unit Study
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Includes: Language Arts, History, Geography,Science, Visual Arts,Reading Resources
Includes 10 Gardening themed coloring pages
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GARDENING UNIT STUDYWhile this unit study is intended for 1st – 5th grades, some of the exercises could easily be tailored for younger children. I have also added some ideas in some of the subjects, to use with older children.
This unit encompasses a variety of daily subjects, including Math, Science, Language Arts, Social Studies/Geography and Visual Arts. This unit is meant to accompany your regular Science Unit on the study of Plants. In addition to the printables, you will need your Bible, a dictionary, access to the internet, a Biblical Atlas/Map (for reference), crayons, construction paper, scissors and glue. You may also require some additional items for the Science experiments and Visual Arts projects, which are listed separately.
Language Arts/History1. Have students read Genesis chapters 2 and 3. Talk about what the Garden of Eden was like and what happened when Adam
and Eve were exiled.2. Have students read The Facts About Gardening (Handout A).3. After reading, have the student(s) define the vocabulary words and answer the questions on Worksheet A.
Older Students: Do research and a report on an aspect of gardening (organic, raised beds, the best method for your area, etc.)
Social Studies/Geography1. Find, label and color your state green the US map (Worksheet B).2. Find a map of your own state here. Now, locate, label and color your county in light blue.3. Using the same map as above; locate, label and color your city/town in red.
Older Students: Do some research and a report on what plants, vegetables and fruit grow best in your area.
MathUse one of the activity pages for your math exercise.
1. Matching: PreK-K (Worksheet C)2. Graphing exercise: K-1st (Worksheet D) 3. Garden Math: 2nd-3rd (Worksheet E) 4. More garden Math: 4th-5th (Worksheet F)
Older Students: Draw a to-scale plan for a raised bed garden. Figure out how big your bed will be, how much you can plant in it and how far apart the plants must be.
Science1. Have students label and color the parts of a flower. (Worksheets G and H).2. Plant a windowsill garden.3. Do this fun pollen activity to learn how pollen is transferred from plant to plant.4. Make a terrarium. 5. Learn about and make an ecocolumn. Follow the steps on this site to make your own ecocolumn. Then follow the activities
and track your progress links for more science fun! Bottle Biology is another great site for information and activities.Older Students : Use this site to find out what to plant now in your local zip code. Here’s a great chart with more info on growing vegetables. And here’s a great chart explaining how much you can plant in an area. Now, Then, go to the Math section and complete the activity.
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Visual Arts1. I have included 10 pages of Gardening coloring pages.2. Younger children (PreK-1) can reinforce the parts of a plant by doing this easy hands-on plant labeling project.3. Middlers (2nd-5th) grades can reinforce the parts of a plant by doing this more advanced hands-on plant labeling project.
Older Students: Draw out the plans for your own garden. Color it neatly and precisely. Label everything in your garden. Here are some examples you can refer to before beginning your own plans. Patterns, Crisp Angles, French Parterre, Playful Circles and this step-by-step landscape design tutorial.
Extra Reading
The Secret Garden is one of my all-time favorite books! I was able to find the original classics version on Kindle (listed under Older Students) and one that is a step-in reader for the younger readers!!! YAY!!!
For Tots:Mayer, Mercer. Little Critter: A Green, Green Garden (My First I Can Read). HarperCollins, 2011.Child, Lauren. I Really Wonder What Plant I’m Growing (Charlie and Lola). Grosset & Dunlap, 2008.Ehlert, Lois. Planting a Rainbow (Board Book). HMH Books, 2003.Siddals, Mary McKenna. Compost Stew. Tricycle Press, 2010.Dahl, Michael. From the Garden: A Counting Book about Growing Food (Know Your Numbers). Picture Window, 2004.Brown, Peter. The Curious Garden. Little Brown, 2009.
For Ages 5+Burnett, Frances Hodgson. The Secret Garden (A Stepping Stone Book (TM)). 2012. (Kindle Version)McCloskey, Robert. Blueberries for Sal. Hardcover, 1948.Rey, H.A. Curious George Plants a Seed. Houghton, 2007.Worth, Bonnie. Oh Say Can You Seed?: All About Flowering Plants (Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library). Random House, 2001.Parish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia Helps Out (I Can Read Book – Level 2). Greenwillow, 2005.Cole, Henry. Jack’s Garden. Greenwillow, 1997.
Older Students:Burnett, Frances Hodgson. The Secret Garden. 2012. (Kindle Version)Hardesty, Constance. Grow Your Own Pizza: Gardening Plans and Recipes for Kids. Fulcrum, 2000.
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The Facts about GardeningA garden is the practice of growing and raising plants as a part of horticulture, or farming. Gardening is a practice that dates back to Adam and Eve. When they were in the Garden of Eden they took care of the plants and ate from them (Gen 2:15). But, when they were exiled, God told them they had to “work the ground from which [they] was taken” (Gen 3:23). Since then, the ground has been unforgiving and it has been hard work to grow plants – vegetables and fruit – for food.
Gardens have several uses – food and landscape. Gardens can be specialized, where they grow one or two specific plants (usually to sell) or a wide variety of plants as in a home garden used for food purposes. The person who takes care of and maintains the plants is a gardener.
There are several different types of gardens – residential and non-residential. Residential gardening takes place at or near a home. While the most common place for a residential garden is in the yard around the home, it can also be found on rooftops (in large cities), windowsills or windowboxes, atrium or lobbies of buildings (i.e. apartment buildings), balconies, patios or vivariums – such as terrariums.
Non-residential gardening takes place away from homes, usually in public places such as parks, botanical gardens – both public and semi-public, amusement parks, garden hotels and more. These non-residential gardens usually have groundskeepers who take care of the gardens daily needs.
Some other types of gardens are:
Indoor gardening – the growing of houseplants inside a home or other residence, in a conservatory or greenhouse.
Native Plant gardening – a garden using native-to-the-area plants to create a wildlife habitat.
Water gardening – growing plants associated with water; pools, ponds, lakes and bogs.
Container gardening – growing plants in containers, whether indoor or outdoor. The most common containers are pots, hanging baskets and planters. Container gardens are most common to atriums, lobbies, rooftops and small spaces.
Hügelkultur – a German word referring to a type of raised bed gardening, where plants are grown on rotting wood (as compost) and soil.
Community gardening – a garden owned usually by a trust or local government, shared and worked by a group of people. i.e. neighborhood gardens.
Garden sharing – is a type of gardening that partners gardeners in need of land and landowners, in which the food is usually shared between them.
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1st Grade Graphing
1. How much would the shovel and the pink flower cost together? ___________________
2. How much would the watering can and the tree cost together? ___________________
3. How much would the pink and blue bird houses cost together?____________________
4. Which is more: the two garden tools or the watering can?________________________
5. If Susan has $50, what two things can she buy? ________________________________
6. Jason has $10.25. He needs to buy a shovel and 3 yellow flowers. How much more
money does he need? ________________
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2nd-3rd Grade Math
Convert the following numbers from inches to feet or feet to inches.
1. 6 ft = ___________ in
2. 3 ft = ___________ in
3. The plot is 1 foot tall. 1 ft = _____________ in.
4. Each row is 66 in long or _________ ft ________ in long.
Read and complete the following word problems.
5. If each vegetable needs 3in between the seeds, how many plants can be planted in each row?
6. How many total vegetables can be planted in the entire plot?
Draw a picture of your favorite vegetable on the empty plant card.
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4th– 5th Grade Math
Worksheet GFor use with the Gardening Unit Study
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Word Bank
Stem LeafPetals Roots
Label and Color the Plant Parts
Worksheet HFor use with the Gardening Unit Study
Amsel, Sheri. “Plants Labeling Pages.” Flower Parts Labeling Page. Exploring Nature Educational Resource. © 2005 - 2013. March 25, 2013. http://exploringnature.org/db/detail.php?dbID=18&detID=1998
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Label and Color the Plant Parts
Word BankStem Petal Pistil LeafStyle Anther Ovary FilamentStamen Ovule Stigma Sepal
Receptacle
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