Watering Plants in the Garden

Learn the procedure, or steps, for watering the plants in the garden. Watch and learn!

Building Raised Beds

Read this slideshow for directions.  The directions will teach you how to build a raised bed.  The raised bed is a place in a garden on top of the ground.  You then put soil inside and grow plant above, or raised, above the ground in the bed that you built.  :)

Future Video Tutorials- A Student Brainstorm

• Tilling the soil

• Planting a seed

• Moving around in the garden

• Observing and writing in a field notebook

• Harvesting food

• Composting and mulching

• Tour the garden

• Using a field guide to identify plants

• What other ideas do we have? Email Mr. Czarka: mrczarka (at) gmail (dot) com

PS 48 Garden Field Journals

Taking a visit to the garden? Be like a scientist (and gardener and farmer!) and document your observations. What do you observe? What is not on the field journal that you do? Perhaps measure something's distance, weight, temperature, or...Be creative and observe the nature, right here in Hunts Point!

There's two pages for each field journal so you can use it two different times. You can also use both field journals!  Pick the one you like best!

More Nature Activities and Journals

Go to the Summer in the Garden page to find different activities tailored to using the garden.  Even if it isn't the summer, you can use these activities to connect reading, writing, math, social studies, and art with science inquiry.  Have fun teaching and learning!

Also consider visiting the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation website. Our government at work help us to protect nature, wildlife, and the water around us.  Click and print journals for Nature Activities for nature, birds, sounds, and all kinds of things you can experience in nature.

Other Resources for Teaching Nature

Resources, strategies, and tips for teaching across the curriculum outdoors.