Veggie+Garden+Resources

RESOURCES -
When teaching children in school, it is often the case that the wider range of learning activities - the better! All children learn in different ways so by using many different resources, you (as the teacher) can convey the message to a larger group students.

Interactive Whiteboard Resources -
@http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/factors_plant_growth/eng/Introduction/default.htm

Using an interactive white board helps the students with their learning as it allows them to engage with the teacher, other students and material. By using activities and tasks (such as the one listed above), students can gain much needed knowledge about the subject area, because they are physically participating in the exercise. The activity (above) begins with a pretty simple activity of naming parts of a flower, then asks the students to note what a plant needs to survive i.e. water warmth and light. The third task, however, is more complicated and appropriate for the students level - it gets the students to read a graph and indicate different aspects of a seeds germination/growth

Websites -
[] Edible School Yard is an extremely effective and useful resource both for students and teachers. It give advice on engaging students, allows children to get information on what seeds to plant and when; plus a networking option for classes and individuals.

Movies or podcasts -
[] The youtube video entitled "How to Grow a Vegetable Garden" is a step by step tutorial on how to build, position and line your garden bed as well as how to sow the seeds, whether to use seedlings vs. seeds and where to plant the plants in the garden patch. It is age appropriate as well as informative!

Documents -
The Vocabulary worksheet above is a task in comprehension for years 7-10

The Quiz worksheet above is a task about the definition of words relating to the gardening task that the children have been set.

Word Chop: (Linked with the definition task above)

Ven Diagramme: Some of these listed tasks need to be researched in order to find the correct answer, and some are about flowers instead of vegetable but the whole process is about growth of plants. All of the above worksheets are used to help the children with different aspects of the initial vegetable garden task that they were set!

Social Networking Sites -
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@http://edibleschoolyard.org/user Social Networking sites are useful for student learning as they allow for a group collaboration of researched information plus a discussion area for questions and sharing of ideas and information. For this particular assignment set for year 7 children, The Edible Schoolyard Project (ESP) would be more suitable as it limits the number of people who can see the site (Facebook, while it has privacy settings, its more likely that anyone can long on and see who the members are. With a designated site such as ESP, the only people going on the site are students, teachers and parents) ESP is also more appropriate as the students wouldn't had to wade through useless information but can find it immediately, as that is the only information on the site!