Incorporating Gardening Into Your Classroom Nicolas Peña & Wynette Tavares Sept. 27. 2017
Agenda (1hr) 10 min 15 min 10 min 15 min 10 min Introduction to Growing in the Classroom Hydroponic Growing Options Traditional Growing Options Alternatives to Growing Q & A
WHO IS FOODSHARE? FoodShare is a non-profit organization that works with communities and schools to deliver healthy food and food education.
INTRO ACTIVITY: Name that Brand, name that food!
Know your A, B, C s? Name these popular food brands
Name these popular convenience foods:
Name these logos:
Name these ontario-grown vegetables:
Name these ontario-grown fruits:
What are these plants growing?
Hydroponic + Aquaponic Growing Options Got room to grow outdoors? Here s some exciting, creative options for utilizing hydroponic + aquaponic growing options at your school!
Note: When considering Aquaponics, consider long-term care + maintenance of fish/living organisms (especially over holidays/breaks)
Purchased Kits Large Scale Small Scale Superponics 16 plant kit: $400+ Acquasprouts: $200+ Juice Plus Tower: $1000- $1450 (Cheaper Through Loyalty 1) Omega Garden: $2495.00 Yiwu Huixuan (via Alibaba) $300+
DIY Set-Ups Plastic Bottles Can be VERY DIY (bottom left image) or more complex (bottom right image). Requires south or West facing windows for best results. Soil should be rotated out at least once a year. Run the risk of BPA leakage from plastic bottles.
DIY - The Kratky Hydroponics Method Prof. Kratky created a noncirculating hydroponic system Requires no electricity (unless using grow lights) Very cheap to implement ($50-$200) Indoors and Outdoors Small scale or large scale Top right image: Bernard Kratky: Professor at University of Hawaii
Youtube Resources Off the grid hydroponics: the Kratky method. University of Hawaii: Growing Vegetable-Crops by Non-Circulating Hydroponic Methods How the Krafty Method of Hydroponics Works
Traditional + Outdoor Growing Options Got room to grow outdoors? Here s some exciting, creative options for utilizing outdoor growing space at your school!
Vertical Outdoor Growing Vertical gardens are a beautiful way to show off plants, cover unsightly walls, create student-friendly curriculum and increase air quality in any space.
Chainlink Fence Gardening Beans, Peas, Cucumber + Nasturtiums work great for a chainlink fence vertical garden.
Raised Bed Gardens Reconnect students to the natural world. Great in schools to cut down on maintenance.
Raised Bed Gardening: Pest Management
Raised Beds: Season Extension + Cold climate options
Container Gardening A container garden can hold almost any plant no matter the version. The right choices, quality soil and rain water will help pamper potted plants.
Container Gardening: Sub Irrigated Planter
Alternative Growing Options In the classroom Got room to grow outdoors? Here s some exciting, creative options for utilizing alternative growing options at your school!
Growing Food from Scraps
The Best Foods to Grow from Scraps: Leeks + Onions Lemongrass Celery Bok Choi Lettuce Ginger Garlic Potatoes Beets + Carrots
Sprouting Mason Jars/Containers + mesh/cheese cloth: $5-$10 Sprouting tray kit: $30-$60
Eating and Tasting in the Classroom A great way to get students exposed to new foods. Here s some tasty options for eating and tasting in the classroom
Salad Dressings/Dip Making
DIY Salad Dressing Making dressings and dips are the foundation of learning how to cook and eat well.
DIY Pesto
Working with Herbs
Herbalicious Butter
HOW DO I CONNECT THIS TO CURRICULUM?
Growing, Cooking + Tasting can relate to all subjects Use FoodShare as your base and grow from there!
Yours to download, adapt and use with your own students! (just give us some credit, please) foodshare.net/program/student/
Suggestions for Curriculum Links for Growing/Cooking/ Tasting in the Classroom Grade 1: Patterning and Algebra -Have students make recurring patterns with the leaves, or match up leaves based on size, colour, texture etc.
Suggestions for Curriculum Links for Growing/Cooking/ Tasting in the Classroom Grade 5 Science: Understanding basic concepts: 3.2 describe the basic structure and function of major organs in the respiratory, circulatory, and digestive systems Have students create a diagram of what happens to the salad in their bodies after they eat it
Suggestions for Curriculum Links for Growing/Cooking/ Tasting in the Classroom Grades 10 Media studies: Creating Media Texts: create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques. -Have students create their own brand of salad dressing, using marketing techniques learned in class.
Suggestions for Curriculum Links for Growing/Cooking/ Tasting in the Classroom Grade 11 World Cultures: B2. Cultural Dynamics: analyse how cultural identities are socially constructed, preserved, transmitted, and transformed. -Have Students discuss/create cultural sauces/dressings/dishes that represent the cultures present in the classroom/toronto -Discuss how food shapes cultural identity
Q & A + Surveys Share your questions, thoughts, more ideas.
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GET IN TOUCH! Wynette Tavares Program Manager wynette@foodshare.net Nicolas Peña Community Educator nicolas@foodshare.net