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HANDS-ON INTEGRATED
ACTIVITIES
ART
*Sketch
Art - Scrapbook Art
*Rip
Art - Torn Paper Lilies
*Craft
Art - Tissue Paper Lilies
*Painting,
colouring, printing, still life portraits, photography
*Collages
MATH
*Calculations
-addition, subtraction, division,
multiplication problems when figuring out the dimensions of
the garden, # of bulbs to plant, etc.
-graphing - pictographs, bar
graphs, line graphs, pie graphs
-surveying - # of people with
gardens, # of organisms/wildlife in area, # of people with
allergies
-population sampling of flowers,
organisms, wildlife(compare and contrast)
-collecting/sorting
photographs/pictures
HEALTH
*Physical
benefits to gardening
*Stress
release, effects of garden on people
*Effects
of garden on community/environment
*Parts
of plants that we consume
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
*Nature
walks/outdoor expeditions
LANGUAGE ARTS
*Observing
the garden
*Writing
letters to the town/school board for a space for the garden
*Write
letters to businesses in town donating to the project ie)equipment
*journaling - your thoughts of creating the garden
-
a year after the garden
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explain how you feel around the garden
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explain how you feel about the community
- pretend you are theWestern
Red Lily growing-explain this process
- explain how you would feel
if the garden was demolished/vandalized/polluted
-presentations
- ie)comparing all the types of lilies
SCIENCE
*planning
the garden
*observing
the native plants, wildlife, organisms present in and around
the garden
*test
the different ph levels in the soil - soil sampling
*surveying the wildlife, etc
- recording the relationships/interrelationships that exist
*discuss
the appreciation of native plants
*research the areas/sites where
native plants like the Western Red Lily exist in Saskatchewan;
explain causes for this occurrence of native prairie
*Produce
presentations to the school and town about the Western Red
Lily
*Field
trips to seniors’ centres to make presentations on the
WRL, gardening,etc.
*Create a garden in the town/city
hall, encourage gardening at home, garden with the seniors
at homes/centres around the area
*Research other types of plants,
their parts, and conditions of growth
SOCIAL
*Research
other Provincial/National flowers
*Connections to
grade four/five curriculum with Saskatchewan |