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Sixth Grade Garden Activities

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EXPLORE
Garden To Do List

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Seasonal Planting


Harvesting Kindness


Worms at Work

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Anytime Garden Care
Revisit and revise garden rules and explore the garden while making a list of garden chores.

Plant seeds or seedlings in the school garden.


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

Handle worms and identify their parts.


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

​ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Garden Poetry
Find inspiration in the garden and write a Haiku poem.
ART/SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
Sun Print Art

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A Mindful Moment
Make art from found natural objects by using specialty sun exposure paper.
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​Students reflect on positive and calm thoughts as they create a mindfulness garden.

SCIENCE​
Garden as a System


Planting: Soil Science Part 1 of 2

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Planting: Design & Engineering Part 2 of 2
Explore the garden to identify its main parts and evaluate how all the components work together to make a balanced system.
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Perform a series of tests on garden soil to determine its health in preparation to plant a crop.

Combine math, science, and engineering skills to design a garden.

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