LP Quinn Elementary

The students in my elementary self-contained special education classroom will be replanting a school garden for a variety of reasons: to watch how a seed grows into a vegetable, fruit, or flower; learn about healthy eating habits; learn responsibility for taking care of a garden; work on math (measuring, counting, sorting) and science skills; work with members of the high school's Green Team and other community members; use the compost materials from cafeteria wastes; and, eventually, contribute to the local food pantry and school cafeteria (regulations being considered).

Our goals will be to:

increase the size of our garden from 5' X 3' to 15' X 5', converting to raised beds

introduce soil tesing

increase variety (including fruit, flowers and differnet vegetables)

work with others from our larger community

participate in gardening activities (digging, planting, weeding, watering, etc.)

use the gardner project for other classroom lessons

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