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Sustainability Lesson Clearinghouse
Designing a Native Plants Garden
Lesson Description:
Students will ...
Students will ...
- Discuss the types of plants they have seen around their homes;
- Discuss differences between vegetation in different parts of the united states, using a web site that shows u.s. landscape and vegetation pictures;
- Create "native plants scrapbooks" based on native plants they learn about on a web site; and
- Design native plant gardens that contain the plants they have learned about.
Lesson Type:
- Project
Sustainability Topic:
- Gardening
GEF Program Category:
- Green Thumb Challenge
Time Needed:
2-3 hours
2-3 hours
Standards Addressed:
Connections to the curriculum:
Connections to the National Geography Standards:
Standard 8: "The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface"
Geographic Skills:
Connections to the curriculum:
- Geography, Life Science
Connections to the National Geography Standards:
Standard 8: "The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface"
Geographic Skills:
- acquiring geographic information
- organizing geographic information
- analyzing geographic information
Materials Needed:
- computer with internet access
- drawing materials
- (optional) blank xpeditions outline map of the united states
Submitted By:
Green Education Foundation (GEF) on Behalf of National Geographic
Green Education Foundation (GEF) on Behalf of National Geographic
School or Group:
National Geographic
National Geographic
Contact Email:
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
Notes:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/08/gk2/tggarden.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/08/gk2/tggarden.html
Located in: Green Thumb Challenge K-2
