by Andy | Sep 21, 2021 | Resource, Uncategorized
Experiment: Why Pruning Basil Makes the Plant Bushy Grades: any The Little Green Thumbs teacher’s manual contains lots of reminders for you to prune basil plants. The natural growth of basil is tall and if not pruned, the plant will grow tall and leggy. Pruning causes...
by Brit MacDonald | Sep 16, 2021 | Activity, Agriculture Education, Uncategorized
Get Growing with Mrs. Meyer’s Compassion Project Sign-up to receive a pack of Compassion Flower seeds, a 6-week lesson guide and student activity sheets. Mrs. Meyer’s believes that just like a flower, compassion can be grown—all it takes is planting the right...
by Andy | Sep 13, 2021 | Resource, Uncategorized
Experiment:Recycled Plants Grades: K – 6 Create your own plants at home while using items around the house! If you don’t have any seeds or soil, this is a perfect activity! Set up: 15-30 minutes The three R’s are reduce, reuse, recycle. Talk about what each of...
by Andy | Sep 7, 2021 | Resource, Uncategorized
Experiment: Make A Plant Collage Grades: K – 7 Plants are so much a part of our daily lives that we often don’t give them much thought! In this project children will go through magazines and find items made from plants. Once these are found the...
by Andy | Jun 14, 2021 | Resource, Uncategorized
Experiment: Light and Air are Important to Plants Grades: K – 8 What happens when you block light from a plant? Cut various shapes in aluminum foil and attach shapes to the leaf of a plant using paper clips. Leave the plant for a week and see what...
by Andy | May 6, 2021 | Resource, Uncategorized
Experiment: Kitchen Scrap Gardening Grades: K – 8 Your students can grow vegetables and herbs from items you’d normally throw in your compost bucket. With little effort and a pinch of creativity you can devise some very imaginative indoor gardens...
