Students will investigate and compare the basic physical characteristics of plants and will have a chance to observe similarities and differences between living and non-living things. Students will use a science journal to record observations, collect data and keep records and drawings of the garden.

Students will use apps or online tools to design the garden. It is a great resource that will help them plan out the space they want to use. They will also use apps such as Canva and Spotify Anchor to create flyers and podcasts, respectively. More advanced technology can be taught by including an irrigation or rain catchment system.

The school garden provides students with opportunities to design, build, and re-image the world around them. Students will decide where the garden would be best located by considering the amount of sunlight, proper drainage, and other essential factors, such as an irrigation system, that affect how the garden grows.

Students will expand their art knowledge and appreciation by drawing something found based on nature or natural surroundings. Students will create leaf rubbings, drawings, and paintings from the plants in the school garden. Alternative visual art projects include making toad houses, root view boxes, solar dryers, and rain gauges. They will notice the difference is shape, color and texture when plants are healthy or unhealthy. Language Arts will be represented in the spoken and written communication material produced to inform the community (podcast and flyers).