The growing classroom
Subtitle: garden-based science
By: Roberta Jaffe, Gary Appel ; developed by Life Lab Science Program.
Contributors: Appel, Gary.; Life Lab Science Program.
Edition: [New ed.].
Publisher: National Gardening Association
Published: 2007
Place of publication: South Burlington, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780915873487
Subjects: School gardens -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Children -- Nutrition -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Description: "The Growing Classroom provides activities for teaching science, environmental awareness, and nutrition in an outdoor living laboratory as well as in a classroom setting. The combination of direct observation and experimentation in the garden laboratory and focused lessons on specific topics is the core of Life Lab."--Information taken from p. 13.
Table of contents: title: Let's work together: problem solving and communication; title: We are all scientists: awareness and discovery; title: The living Earth: soil; title: Growing; title: Living laboratory: outdoor gardening; title: Cycles and changes; title: Interdependence; title: Garden ecology; title: Garden creatures; title: Weather and climate; title: Food choices; title: Nutrients; title: Food systems and consumerism; title: Appendix: Blackline masters ; Gardening "how to" ; Building plans ; Scope and sequence ; English/Spanish vocabulary list.