Learning About Life Cycles Using an Organic Garden: Food Raised in Organic Gardens in Schools (Green shoots series) - Softcover

Mitchell, Ian; Randall, Allan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857410793 ISBN 13: 9781857410792

Publisher: Southgate Publishers, 2002

Synopsis

Learning about Lifecycles using an Organic Garden
This book uses the practical idea of growing small amounts of organic food at school in order to:
Meet all the learning objectives of QCA's Science 5b Life Cycles' unit.
Help children understand how some of their food is grown.
Reduce and recycle classroom waste.
Encourage understanding of our inter-dependence with other living things.
Recognise and help some endangered species in our immediate environment.
Encourage the teaching of 'sustainable development'.
It also:
brings modern, relevant issues into the classroom
provides many photocopiable, practical activities
is easy for busy teachers to use
is fun for children.
Allan Randall and Ian Mitchell
64 pages $18.00
For teaching ages 4-6

About this title

Synopsis

Uses the practical idea of growing small amounts of organic food at school in order to: meet all the learning objectives of the QCA's Science 5b 'Life Cycles' unit; help children understand how some of their food is grown; reduce and recycle classroom waste; encourage understanding of our interdependent relationship with other living things that share our planet; recognise and help some of the endangered species in our immediate environment; incorporate and encourage the teaching of 'sustainable development' into the curriculum. also brings modern, relevant issues into the Junior school classroom. It is easy for busy teachers to use - and it's fun for children too!

Edition details

• Publisher: Southgate Publishers
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857410793
• ISBN 13: 9781857410792
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Lye Michael
• Number of pages: 64
• Editor: Martin Deborah