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Connecting children

with nature

Insects & Garden organisms
 
Free coffee for garden volunteers.
Activities/Lessons
Garden Adventures
Potato Patch
Pressing/drying flowers
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Spring Schedule (2008)
Early Spring Planting
Early Spring Harvest
Late Spring Planting

 
Fall Schedule 2008
Fall Planting
Field Study Guide
Gardening
Weeds
Insects & Organisms
Journal Pages
Library
Nature Trail
Nutrition in the Gardens
Special Projects
 
 Adaptations –
discusses the traits of several organisms found in the ground habitat.

Lessons by Grade

1 Identifying and Tallying Garden Organisms - Uses magnifiers and collection boxes reinforce math and science skills to identify and tally organisms found in the gardens and to recognize evidence of plants as food and shelter sources for organisms.
2 Organisms in the Garden Habitat - Uses plants and organisms in the garden to explain the concepts of habitat and adaptations. Uses magnifiers and collection boxes to reinforce math and science skills to observe and collect data in charts, classify animals, and show respect for living things. 
3 Adaptations in Garden Organisms - Uses magnifiers and collection boxes to reinforce science skills of observing and identifying adaptations in animals. 
4 The Function of Garden Organisms - Uses magnifiers and collection boxes to reinforce science skills of observing and identifying  organisms and their function in the garden.
Crash Course
Let's Talk Insects: Learn how insects grow and develop and the importance of insects in our environment. Teacher's guide
See insects up close through microscopic photography
Pet bugs
An illustration of the importance of pollinators
Insects and the garden plants they favor
Insect song
Lessons
Beneficial Bug Scavenger Hunt
Insects All Year Around
Spider Facts
Types of webs
arachnids - which web
Arachnids - world wide
How they are spun
The construction of a wheel web
Wolf Spiders
Some of the "bad bugs" (closeups all stages)
Squash bug
Some of the good garden bugs
Significant project: Research and develop a field guide of the insects in our gardens.
600-1-00-a-introduction-garden-organisms.doc
600-2-00-a-introduction-garden-organisms.doc
600-3-00-a-introduction-garden-organisms.doc
600-4-00-a-introduction-garden-organisms.doc
Insects in Granny's Gardens
Ants
Bees
Butterflies
Cicadas
Earth worms
Green lacewing Facts & life 
cycle chart,  photo Gallery
Lady Beetle
Mexican Bean Beetle
Misc. Beneficial Beetles
Pill Bugs
Praying Mantids
Soldier Beetle
Striped Earwig
Syrphid Larva
Tomato Hornworm

 
Head, Thorax, Abdomen (Sung to Head, Shoulder, Knees, and Toes) song and music are on cd available in the elementary school media center.  Contact Nancy Garfinkel.
Head, Thorax, Abdomen . . .Abdomen - point to head, stomach, rear
Head, Thorax, Abdomen. . . Abdomen
6 legs, 2 antennae – show 6 fingers, use index fingers above head
And Compound Eyes – cup hands into a C around eyes.
Don’t forget the ones with wings . . .Ones with wings. – Link thumbs and wiggle fingers in flying motion.

 
 
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant."  Robert Louis Stevenson
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