School Gardens to check out – hydroponic garden, vertical garden, pallet garden, raised garden, container garden
Flowers – ID parts, dissection, pollination game, flower rubbing art, wildflower seed packets
Forest Management– Light it Up- match stick forest (control burn lesson or demonstration), take part in the Smokey Patrol, Burner Bob & Friends- kids magazine class sets/videos (Longleaf Alliance)
Leaves – identification, structure, photosynthesis, cells- chloroplast study, leaf art activities, chromatography, scavenger hunt
Life Cycle – making grass heads, pumpkin study
Plants as Medicine – medicinal herb study, making sachet/ essential oils, herb booklet, rainforest medicine- reading comprehension articles & projects, The Rainforest- the world’s largest medical cabinet
Plant/Leaf Identification Kits
Photosynthesis– Lab activity/ Demonstration
Trees – identification, importance, structure, products, Smokey Bear visit( MS Forestry Commission) book-Family Trees- class sets, story of trees(wooden cookie- tree rings), Tremendous Trees Jeopardy Game, Tree Lab booklet-class sets, wood type examples
Seeds Studies – seed dissection lab, dispersal investigation, living seed necklace, germination, The legend of Johnny Appleseed -Agricultural magazine for kids, seed examples kit
Vegetables & Fruits – veggie relay game, reader’s theater- book Tops and Bottoms, plant game cards
Root viewer kit