High School Garden Curriculum
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Abbi Marrs
May 2, 2024, 12:14:53 PMMay 2
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Good morning,
I work with a cooperative extension and am looking for some good garden curriculum to use for high school students. I know of a lot for ECE through 8th grade, but any suggestions for beyond are greatly appreciated.
Lauren Tolbert
May 2, 2024, 5:57:44 PMMay 2
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Hi!
I've found these two books to be great resources for HS garden curriculum:
"Garden Genetics: Teaching With Edible Plants" (Teacher Edition) by: Elizabeth Rice, Marianne Krasny, and Margaret E. Smith
"A Resource Guide to Year-round Gardening" by Larry Cipolla (includes hydroponics lessons for winter gardening)
I also like Gizmos simulations for experiments with germination and studying the effects of compost, water, temperature, and light.
~Lauren
Joelle Kohn
May 2, 2024, 7:18:06 PMMay 2
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Here are standards-based soil lessons from Kids Gardening: https://www.mastergardenersd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Soil-Science-Lesson-Plans-Activities-and-Science-Standards.pdf
John Fisher
May 2, 2024, 11:29:37 PMMay 2
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Here is the list of Middle and High School lessons that are linked to from the SGSOnetwork.org/lessons page
There is a wide range of materials like the Huntington's Plant Science Units and UC Davis's sustainable ag concepts.
John
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Good morning,I work with a cooperative extension and am looking for some good garden curriculum to use for high school students. I know of a lot for ECE through 8th grade, but any suggestions for beyond are greatly appreciated.
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Abbi Marrs
May 3, 2024, 11:19:48 AMMay 3
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Thank you all for your responses! I certainly have some great information to share with my state lead to look into this further.
S F
May 3, 2024, 6:09:46 PMMay 3
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Lauren-
Do you have more information on the Larry Cipolla book? I can find other titles by him, but not that one.
Thanks-
Shauna
Sarah Pounders
May 3, 2024, 7:31:44 PMMay 3
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Hi All!
I just wanted to share a direct link to the Digging into Soil Guide that Joelle shared out from KidsGardening:
You can also use the "Explore Our Resources" function on our lesson page at: https://kidsgardening.org/resource-lesson-plans/ (just click on "Grade") to just view ones appropriate for high school.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks!
Sarah
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Nakia Navarro
May 6, 2024, 9:57:59 AMMay 6
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We (Building Audacity) offer a curriculum on hydroponic growing. We train teachers how to grow as well as do in class presentations. Happy to discuss further if anyone is interested!
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Lauren Tolbert
May 9, 2024, 5:53:53 PMMay 9
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Sure!
Here's a link to all of Larry Cipolla's books: https://ccigardeningconnections.com/books
Here's a link to that specific title: https://www.amazon.com/Resource-Guide-Year-Round-Gardening-Interactive/dp/B0BGKTJGW9
Lauren
Ben
May 9, 2024, 6:23:55 PMMay 9
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The soils lesson document reminded me that to make the science relatable AND relevant,... it's helpful to point out big picture historical context (for example)
How Soil Erosion and Farming Practices Lead to the Dust Bowl
...in the summer of 1930, less than a year after the stock market crash, America experienced an unusually dry season. This would continue over the next decade as farmers saw record dry spells and scorching temperatures.
The once fertile soil had already been suffering due to farm practices of the time. The combination of dry weather, high temperatures, and damaged soil resulted in vegetation dying.
https://fdcenterprises.com/how-soil-erosion-and-farming-practices-lead-to-the-dust-bowl/
The Dust Bowl: A wake-up call in environmental practices
Today, we worry about the effect we have on the environment on a global scale. We worry that the emission of greenhouse gases, depletion of the ozone layer, and other effects of industrialization are wreaking havoc with the gradual warming of the atmosphere. In the 1930s, it took extensive government intervention to turn the tide. While there certainly has been some government intervention in fuel standards, emissions and in other areas in the U.S., as well as interventions in other countries, the tide doesn't appear to be turning.
One only needs to look at the Dust Bowl to realize that at some point, nature will fight back.
https://www.aaas.org/dust-bowl-wake-call-environmental-practices
...in the summer of 1930, less than a year after the stock market crash, America experienced an unusually dry season. This would continue over the next decade as farmers saw record dry spells and scorching temperatures.
The once fertile soil had already been suffering due to farm practices of the time. The combination of dry weather, high temperatures, and damaged soil resulted in vegetation dying.
https://fdcenterprises.com/how-soil-erosion-and-farming-practices-lead-to-the-dust-bowl/
The Dust Bowl: A wake-up call in environmental practices
Today, we worry about the effect we have on the environment on a global scale. We worry that the emission of greenhouse gases, depletion of the ozone layer, and other effects of industrialization are wreaking havoc with the gradual warming of the atmosphere. In the 1930s, it took extensive government intervention to turn the tide. While there certainly has been some government intervention in fuel standards, emissions and in other areas in the U.S., as well as interventions in other countries, the tide doesn't appear to be turning.
One only needs to look at the Dust Bowl to realize that at some point, nature will fight back.
https://www.aaas.org/dust-bowl-wake-call-environmental-practices
Likewise the suggestion to checkout the "Gizmos real-life STEM" website AND a glancing look at the links of the gmail doc "Middle and High School Garden-Based Learning Resources"
reminded me of a troubling fact mentioned in an article (and a book) about science education,...
The U.S. currently ranks 44th according to the quality of its mathematics and science education.
A “leaky STEM pipeline” – in which factors such as lower expectations, discrimination, and a lack of interest make it less likely that racial or ethnic minorities, women or those from low-income families will pursue STEM careers – makes many adults less likely to be employed in these types of positions.
Yet STEM positions are often high-paying and provide greater economic well-being and employment stability, especially as the U.S. transitions to a knowledge-based economy.
https://theconversation.com/heres-why-kids-fall-behind-in-science-56785
A “leaky STEM pipeline” – in which factors such as lower expectations, discrimination, and a lack of interest make it less likely that racial or ethnic minorities, women or those from low-income families will pursue STEM careers – makes many adults less likely to be employed in these types of positions.
Yet STEM positions are often high-paying and provide greater economic well-being and employment stability, especially as the U.S. transitions to a knowledge-based economy.
https://theconversation.com/heres-why-kids-fall-behind-in-science-56785
Since I've highlighted various facts that many others have missed,... have a suggestion to teach k-12 students about the "chemical combustion process" which is some of the basic scientific knowledge needed to understand man made climate change
https://www.nextgenscience.org/topic-arrangement/ms chemical-reactions
The expression "playing with fire" is used to mean something dangerous that may result in great harm for them and cause many problems,... but as kid in the cub scouts I taught how to build and use a "coffee can buddy burner stove" (FYI seems girl scouts do the same)
https://www.instructables.com/Girl-Scout-Vagabond-Stove-and-Buddy-Burner/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRRPfPiUVuE
Aside from building and using coffee can stoves for overnight camping trips, scouts are taught about the fire triangle (basically the ingredients needed to keep a fire going AND keep it contained)
https://denleaderblog.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/cub-scout-camp-fire.pdf
FWIW as a kid in the cub scouts, I was taught fire was discovered long ago,...
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For a simple hands-on classroom or school-garden demonstration use a scale model,...
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Looking back w/ 20/20 hindsight, realize that as a kid in the cub scouts was given a practical example of the scientific idea of conservation of energy
when we learned how to start a fire by rubbing two sticks together
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As a high school student being introduced to chemistry, realized that the chemical-reaction expression is basically akin to story told using caveman like symbols
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In nature there is a "delicate balance" even w/ fire (which can be very destructive if it gets out of control)
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Basically it's important to keep in mind that uneducated humanity poses a danger to itself,... "nearly 85 percent of wildfires originate from human activity"
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PS just a reminder that students need to be taught that climate change is 100% man made
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