This initiative aims to foster the development of social and language skills, deepen content knowledge, and cultivate leadership skills among the participating students. Culminating at the end of the school year, the students will utilize their harvested tomatoes and herbs from the garden to collectively create pizzas, showcasing the practical application of their acquired skills and knowledge.
This initiative aims to foster the development of social and language skills, deepen content knowledge, and cultivate leadership skills among the participating students. Culminating at the end of the school year, the students will utilize their harvested tomatoes and herbs from the garden to collectively create pizzas, showcasing the practical application of their acquired skills and knowledge.
This project went incredibly well! Students learn about healthy foods, how to grow foods in various climates with hydroponics, and they researched how hydroponics can help solve problems in growing food. They also learned valuable life skills by growing, harvesting, and cooking with their produce.
Students learned how to plan, grow, harvest, and cook with food. They also learned about problems people have growing food, and they researched ways to solve those problems. Students also learned valuable English language, academic vocabulary, speaking, and writing skills surrounding science content language.
If we did this project again, I would like to begin it in the fall. I would like to have more time to have students learn how to plan for a garden, sow cold crops, and grow crops that take 90+ days from seed to harvest.
My favorite part of this project was seeing students be excited about growing their own food! They expressed that they wanted to build a hydroponics unit at home or begin an outdoor garden.
Teaching language (ESL) through interactive and STEAM lessons is not only a fun and engaging method, but students are more successful when they can learn language in context.
