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Check out these simple gardening and outdoor activities to try at home! Here you can also find resources to learn more about gardening and the great outdoors!
Check out these simple gardening and outdoor activities to try at home! Here you can also find resources to learn more about gardening and the great outdoors!
Design your dream school garden, email to your FoodCorps service member. (rachel.solomon@foodcorps.org)
Sprout a bean buddy
Add a wet paper towel and a dry bean to a plastic bag
Place on or near window
Make predictions about how long it will take to sprout
Wondering how different foods grow? Get inspired on what we can grow in our school garden this year! Check out these videos on how different foods grow
Create an imaginary plant
Draw your plant and label all six plant parts
Make a bird feeder
Roll a toilet paper roll in nut butter and seeds
Hang from a tree outside a window
Observe and draw any birds you see visit
Subscribe to gROWE gardens with Jessica for gardening videos made by Rowe Elementary's very own garden coordinator and cafeteria team leader, Jessica Puzak!
The New England Dairy Council has 360 virtual farm tours & an accompanying scavenger hunt
Looking for more garden activities? Check out this site that has activities for all ages!
Snack Pals Activities!
Snack Pals Activities!
Follow this link to explore Snack Pals puzzles, complete fun challenges, and learn about the power of food!
https://hannafordsnackpals.com/fun-corner/
https://hannafordsnackpals.com/fun-corner/
Introducing: Grow!
Introducing: Grow!
Check out this quick video introducing our lessons on growing food!
iCloud4G.movWeek 1: Seeds!
Week 1: Seeds!
Lesson 1: Fabulous Five
Lesson 1: Fabulous Five
How does all food start? Find out by watching this video!
Through a series of fun riddles, you will get to learn how seeds grow with the help of the Fabulous Five!
Lesson 2: Sprouting
Lesson 2: Sprouting
Would you like to see a bean sprouting right at home? Make a bean buddy! Watch this video to find out how!
You'll need:
1 glass jar
OR Plastic bag
1 Paper towel
Water
1 dry bean
Lima beans, pinto beans, mung beans and lentil beans typically sprout the fastest
Bean Buddy.movWeek 1 Sharing!
Week 1 Sharing!
Follow this link to share your bean buddy with other students! You can post a picture of your bean buddy or tell us what kind of bean you're growing! Take a guess on how tall you think your bean buddy will grow!
Week 2: Seedlings
Week 2: Seedlings
Lesson 1: Tour of Greenhouse
Lesson 1: Tour of Greenhouse
Check out what is growing in the greenhouse on our big farm! See the different stages seedlings go through and learn about their different leaves! Can you guess what is growing in there?!
video-output-351621D3-9940-4250-8449-65C6A7DCE0E2.movLesson 2: Grow your own seedling!
Lesson 2: Grow your own seedling!
Learn how to grow your own seedling at home!
Grow Kit Instructions
Grow Kit Instructions
Did you receive a grow kit from a summer meal site?
Did you receive a grow kit from a summer meal site?
Follow along with Ms. Rachel to learn how to plant your seeds and watch them grow!
(Grow kits are offered once a week at rotating summer meal sites. If you have not received a grow kit, check out the video above to learn how to grow seeds with materials you may have at home!)
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