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Global Garden Class Weekly Briefing
October 27 - November 2, 2003
Pumpkin Time!
Pumpkin Time!
This is the month to study Pumpkins. Do you know the origin of the word "pumpkin"? What was the biggest pumpkin ever baked? And when you eat that pumpkin pie what value does the pumpkin have for your Nutrition?
Pumpkin Study Unit Begins Here
Daylight Savings Time and Gardening
Plant People study unit begins here
Moon Gardening 2003
Science
What do plants need to grow? That is the first question we ask as we give everyone an Introduction to the science of Sustainable Agriculture. Goto: http://www.rain.org/global-garden/science/science-project-plants.html for the first unit. Once we know what plants need to grow we will look at what it takes to create the special habitat we call a "garden".
Math
Math is a core part of sustainable agriculture studies. It is part of the larger science framework which includes chemistry, meterology and more. This year we will use GIS and the creating of a GIS map of our class gardens.
Review http://www.rain.org/campinternet/keys/gps-excel-template.htm to see how the basic information gathering template works. This is where the practical math begins, acturately recording latitude, longitude and descriptions. We will study this month how to use Excel to create a data list for your garden GPS project.
Your Reading study-unit is to review some basic gardening vocabulary. Go to the vocabulary list at http://www.rain.org/global-garden/vocabulary.html.
History
We will study the history of farming and garding this year. New inventions like the plow Thomas Jefferson designed, will be part of our study along with the creation of a Sustainable Agriculture Timeline, part of our ongoing History Timline project. Goto this link to review the History Class
VIDEO- Camp Internet Student VIDEO is some of the best on the Net - Classroom teams are invited to submit 3 to 5 minute videos (digital or regular). Subject of the video should explore issues of social responsibility, environmental issues, school activities and sports, community events or current work with Camp Internet.
Video should be sent as an attachment or mailed to:
RAIN Network
Youth Technology Corps Video
1129 State Street A-7
Santa Barbara, CA. 93101
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