Mountain Christian School

1. Students at Mountain Christian School will work together with the two school coordinators to develop a garden that will grow vegetables, fruits, and herbs. We will also plant fruit trees around our new school building which should be completed before Fall 2013. The students will plant the gardens and raise, harvest, and eat the crops. The two school coordinators will develop science curriculum to include nutrition, plant growth, gardening skills and local planting and harvesting seasons.

2. Additional activities we would like to include:

a.Building a greenhouse to promote year round growing.

b.Involving parents in creating recipes and performing cooking demonstration using the items produced in the gardens. Canning and drying could be taught as ways for long term food preservation.

c.Observing and graphing plant growth, and factors that affect it (e.g., sun, water, temperature, soil, nutrients).

d.Harvested produce will also be donated to the local food bank in our community.

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