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Community Garden Planners

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Grades K-245-60 minSource: Creative Dad Company

Kids design a garden layout that gives every plant enough space, sunlight, water, and a pathway to reach it. It's a practical planning project that mixes math with caring for growing things.

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Prep: 12 minActivity: 35 min1 session~$3/groupOne table or a small area of floor spaceBeginner-friendly

Setup

Gather grid paper, plant cards, sample pots and clear a small work surface. Read the Community Garden Planners mission aloud, then place the supplies where children can choose and compare them safely.

Activity

  1. Predict how much space, sunlight, and water each plant will need in the garden.
  2. Design a garden layout on grid paper, allocating space for plants, sunlight, and walking pathways.
  3. Test the plan with sample pots and discover two plants both need the same sunny spot, then rearrange the layout.
  4. Present the final garden blueprint to the town council, explaining how every plant's needs are met.

Done when: Children complete the core mission and the final garden blueprint to the town council, explaining how every plant's needs are met.

Materials

Grid paper, seed packets, small pots, a ruler, craft sticks for markers

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Steps

  1. Predict how much space, sunlight, and water each plant will need in the garden.
  2. Design a garden layout on grid paper, allocating space for plants, sunlight, and walking pathways.
  3. Test the plan with sample pots and discover two plants both need the same sunny spot, then rearrange the layout.
  4. Present the final garden blueprint to the town council, explaining how every plant's needs are met.

Standards it satisfies

  • NGSS · 2-LS2-1

    Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.