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Fifth Grade Garden Activities

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EXPLORE
Nature Journaling


Seasonal Planting


Harvesting Kindness


It's Alive!

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​Anytime Garden Care
Make garden rules and find a quiet place in the garden to make a nature journal entry.

Plant seeds/and or seedlings in the school garden.


Practice kindness when harvesting your crops by sharing with the school and greater community.

Dig through the compost to uncover the living ecosystem in the worm bin.

​Pitch in to keep the garden clean and tidy. Weed, organize, and sift compost.

SOCIAL SCIENCE/MATH
Finding Fibonacci
Explore the garden to identify the famous Fibonacci sequence. ​
​ART/SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
Serenity Scenes

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Herb Therapy
Calm the mind by making temporary nature displays.


Make a fragrant pouch using herbs from the garden.
SCIENCE
Soil Nutrient Testing Part 1 of 2

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Soil Nutrient Outcomes Part 2 of 2
Conduct a series of soil tests to identify nutrient deficiencies in the garden beds and plant cover crops to add nitrogen to the soil.
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Pull up mature bean plants to observe the nitrogen nodules on the roots and then till into the soil.

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