Dig It, Grow It, Eat It - Garden-Based Lessons on Edible Plants and Nutrition
Students learn to identify edible plant parts and about how plants grow, including the science of pollination and propagation.
Curriculum description
Dig it, Grow it, Eat curriculum is designed for third and fourth grade students to learn about plants as nutritional food. There are 6 lessons that you can implement for your classroom using the materials below.
Lesson 1 - Edible Plant Parts
Lesson plan
Supporting materials:
• Plant Parts
• Dig 'Em Up
• Snappy Stems
• Luscious Leaves
• Fabulous Flowers
• Freshest Fruits
• Supreme Seeds
• Eat 'Em Up
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Lesson 2 - How Plants Grow
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Supporting materials
• Knowing Our Needs
• All the Colors of the Rainbow
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Lesson 3 - Plant Seed Science
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Supporting materials
• Seed Science
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Lesson 4 - Plant Propagation
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Supporting materials
• Room to Grow
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Lesson 5 - Get in the Dirt
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Supporting materials
• I'm Superb Soil, Not Dirty Dirt!
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Lesson 6 - Plant Pollination
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Supporting materials
• Flower Hour