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Lesson Plan - Assessing The Garden Site And Initial Biodiversity Inventory, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

The purpose of this lesson is to outline how to conduct a site assessment and biodiversity inventory before planting a garden. It is important to assess what is already at the planting site, especially the existing plants, soil composition, amount of sun and shade exposure, the available space, and the water resources available. These elements are limiting factors that will determine the outcome of the garden. Also vital is a biodiversity inventory of the organisms at the site and those that visit the site by soil, land, and air.

As part of the site assessment, students will create a two-dimension …

Powerpoint - Conducting A Site Assessment, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Field Guidelines, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Role Cards, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Lesson Plan - Types Of Gardens/ ‘Garden Kits’, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

The purpose of this lesson is to identify different garden types that could be considered in a school garden.

Site Assessment Data Sheet, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Powerpoint - Educator - Types Of Gardens, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Powerpoint - Student - Types Of Gardens, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Handout - Types Of Gardens, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Handout - Garden Planning, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Lesson Plan - Creating A Vision For The Garden, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

Now that students have good background knowledge on the various types of gardens and have chosen the type of garden for their site, the purpose of this Lesson 3 is to create a Vision for the garden site.

Powerpoint - Educator - Creating A Vision, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Powerpoint - Student - Creating A Vision, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Handout - Designing The Vision, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Lesson Plan - Identifying And Securing Needed Resources, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

The purpose of this lesson is to identify and secure needed resources to begin preparing the garden site for planting.

Powerpoint - Identifying And Preparing Resources, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Student Handout - Planning To Put In A Garden, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Powerpoint - Preparing The Garden Site, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Lesson Plan - Preparing The Garden Site, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

The purpose of this lesson is to physically prepare the garden site for planting.

Powerpoint - Instructional, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Role Cards, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Role Cards - Description Of Roles, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Safety Guidelines, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Powerpoint - Educator - Planting Day, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Powerpoint - Student - Planting Day, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Role Cards - Description Of Roles, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Lesson Plan - Planting Day, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

The purpose of this lesson is to physically put the plants in the garden.

Safety Guidelines, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

For Lessons 5 & 6, the following Safety Guidelines should be reviewed with students, for safe handling of tools, and proper personal deportment when outside prepping the garden site for planting and then the following day on Planting Day.

Student Handout Think-Pair-Share - Garden Deliverables, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Expert Groups Research Graphic Organizer, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

To conduct research on various aspects of maintaining a garden, to ensure that all students know what needs to be accomplished in order to ensure successful garden deliverables. The research conducted will include students in each group making recommendations on their assigned topic, to the whole class. This research is critical to informing the class on how to proceed with a Garden Plan for a successful Garden. The Research covers four (4) main areas:

• Planning
• Maintenance
• Harvesting
• Distribution