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Where would you plant a fern?

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Reading: "Goats Clean Up a Famous Cemetery"
Video: Think Garden — Location, Location
Activity: Dandelion Hunt

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# Extra Activity: Dandelion Hunt

If you have a grassy lawn near you, you can go on a dandelion hunt! Find four areas on the lawn that are about the same size. Ideally you want:

a sunny spot with plenty of water
a shady spot with plenty of water
a sunny spot with not much water
a shady spot with not much water

Assign a team to count the dandelion plants in each spot. Then analyze your results. Which area had the most dandelions? Which had the least? Discuss what might affect the success of dandelions in a particular area. For a math extension, make a bar graph displaying your data.

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Exploration

Fern in pot by JMK

Money by Dustin Moore

Orchid with bud by Steve Grundy

Planting small tree by USFS Region 5

Plants in planters by Irene Kightley

Young plats in cups by Tess Watson

Activity

Goat eating by Eden Hills Blog

Goat in pen by Felagund

Goat opening gate by tirolia87

Goats on tractor by Margaret Andrews

Vegetable garden by Jennifer C.

What about the goats by AutoCCD

frowny face by clker.com

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First pic of tree w/ bench by Josh Mayer

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“The students retained the previous lessons.They enjoyed Plant Survivor so much, boys were leaping out of their seats to embrace their buddies when their plant survived. It was crazy fun like a sporting event.”

“This lesson provides a simple lesson that helps with understanding that different plants have different needs for water and light. My daughter especially loved the game with the lesson and went back to play it several times. ”

“Great review for my third graders as we move into life cycles! They loved the game and it got them thinking about how environmental change can impact living things, which is an upcoming unit as well.”

“This lesson went really well. The visual elements, and printable materials were very helpful to my ELL students. The especially loves the pollinating activity. The students were completely engaged in the activities. ”

“Wow!!! My students are begging me to keep playing this game! WOuld be great if you had more cards and another another map so you could play another round with different scenarios! Probably the best science game with inquiry and cooperative group work ever!!!”

“The garden survivor game was fun, but the scenes/story needs to change up a bit for Round #2 and #3. They were disappointed that the 'situation' was very similar. I wasn't sure how the game would go, but they loved it.”

“Even though I'd watched it before hand, I didn't stop the video in the right place so we got confused on the plant cards. And even though I thought the plant cards were clear, my students with auditory processing issues (I teach special ed) had a hard time following what to do. We did like the ideas, and the student who had been crying stopped when the goats came on screen.”

“The game was a FANTASTIC application for what they've been learning in the last few mysteries about the amount of sunlight and water needed for each plant. I loved that they got to work (hopefully) cooperatively amongst a table to figure out which plant would survive in each location. Thank you for yet another awesome mystery!”

“We loved the game! We go through so quickly because the kids keep wanting to see more. We have a couple activities to go back to when we get some seeds. All the lessons so far have totally kept two little boys' attention! Great lessons!”

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