EarthBox STEM-Based Classroom Garden

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Overview

MADE IN USA

STEM-BASED

ENGAGING LESSONS

SMALL FOOTPRINT

HANDS-ON LEARNING

AUTHENTIC EXPERIMENTS

Go green in the classroom and engage young science enthusiasts using STEM-based lessons (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) with the eco-friendly EarthBox^® gardening system and its correlated curriculum. STEM-based learning shows how to connect science to life with correlated, standards-based lesson plans. Lesson plans are engaging and versatile with cross-content, inquiry-based activities.

Each Classroom Garden includes one STEM-based curriculum (teacher's manual with student activities) and the necessary number of EarthBox^® Ready-To-Grow Kits needed for each learning level. Curricula are published on FSC-approved paper that is 3-hole punched to fit in a 3-ring binder (not included), and include transparencies that can be uploaded to a SMART Board. All student activities in are reproducible. Each garden package is suitable for one classroom.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• 1-3 EarthBox^® Ready-To-Grow Kit(s) – quantity based on each learning level (see below) (EarthBox^® Original Container, Aeration Screen, Water Fill Tube, 2 Black & White Reversible Mulch Covers, 1 lb. each Fertilizer & Dolomite, 2.0 cu. ft. Potting Mix, Casters, and Set-up Instructions)
• 1 STEM-based curriculum (choose learning level)
  • Early Learners – includes 1 EarthBox^® Ready-To-Grow Kit
  • Elementary School – includes 1 EarthBox^® Ready-To-Grow Kit
  • Middle School – includes 2 EarthBox^® Ready-To-Grow Kits
  • High School – includes 3 EarthBox^® Ready-To-Grow Kits

LEARNING LEVELS

Lesson plans are based on guided inquiry and encourage students to explore, inquire, and discover the science behind plants, light, water, soil, and nutrition in the controlled environment of an EarthBox^® gardening system. Each lesson plan is intended to be accomplished within a 45-minute learning period and includes: stated, measurable objectives; the standards addressed; the materials needed; a teacher explanation; and data collection forms that develop STEM-based skills addressed in the common core standards.

The Early Learners curriculum (Preschool-first grade) lessons engage students in garden basics with six, hands-on activities that use guided inquiry to teach the science of how the EarthBox^® sub-irrigated container gardening system works, different seed types, plant parts, the effect of gravity on plants; as well as the history, uses, and nutritional value of the sunflower. Students learn to count and spell using the large, edible, easy-to-manipulate sunflower seed.

The Elementary School curriculum (grades 2-5) lessons explore the basic scientific principles behind plants, water, soil, light, and nutrition. 17 cross-content, STEM-based, sequential lessons and 7 transparencies engage students in activities that focus on observation, data collection, analysis, presentation skills, matching, reading, and drawing.

The Middle School curriculum (grades 6-8) lessons develop critical thinking and analysis skills that address the common core standards. 35 STEM-based experiments and 17 transparencies utilize the scientific method and guided inquiry to teach the science behind plants, light, soil, water, and nutrition. Students collect data based on observations, measurement, and calculation. They work in small groups to graph, analyze, and discuss the results of their experiments.

The High School curriculum (grades 9-12) includes 12 authentic experiments to develop skills addressed by the common core standards. High School lessons are presented in a student lab manual supported by a comprehensive teacher’s manual. All labs focus on plants, light, soil, water, and nutrition. Students independently set up, hypothesize, and collect data to test the hypothesis; and then calculate, analyze, and graph the data results.

Learn

The EarthBox^® Original Ready-To-Grow Kit is a low-maintenance, fail-proof design that combines science—and a ton of university-backed testing—with great design and American manufacturing. the EarthBox^® container gardening system was designed by applying a variety of tried-and-true commercial growing concepts to a small footprint to produce better results than traditional in-ground gardens. The following diagram explains in detail how the EarthBox^® growing system components all operate together:

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