URBAN HORTICULTURE – HORT 435- Fall 2007
ASSIGNMENT #3-Education Program
Deadline: Tuesday, September 25, 2007, Beginning of class
You have been hired by the Board of Education as the urban horticulturist in
charge of submitting a proposal for the programming of a half-day, 9 am-12 pm,
school-based intervention program for a class of 24 5th grade students. This
program will serve as a pilot program for a larger population.
Objectives: To improve children’s attitudes toward vegetables and their
knowledge of the benefits of vegetables as it relates to childhood obesity and Type
II diabetes.
Locate a school garden.
Pick your population: African-American children in poverty
Hispanic children in poverty
Research childhood obesity and Type II diabetes.
Justify why your selected audience meets the stated objective.
Garden vegetables (choose at least 3):
Beans, snap
Broccoli
Lettuce, Head, Leaf or Romaine
Pumpkins, small
Carrots
Peas, Southern
Cherry Tomatoes
Spinach
Research and develop a schedule of events for the half-day program. The
activities should not only be horticulturally related to the topic area of nutrition,
childhood obesity and Type II Diabetes, but must also be age-appropriate for
fifth graders (check the TEKS). In addition to a schedule, you must also develop a
cover sheet, index, advertisements, overview, Activities (description of): to
include; 1 original activity or project and two modified activities or projects,
Program Evaluations: Teacher, and Student (knowledge acquired), Literature
Citations and Appendix.
The education program can and should include, in addition to text, diagrams, and
pictures to help illustrate the program, activities, advertisements, etc. You will use
Roxann Poskey’s Magic and Mystery in the Garden as developed for a Literacy
and Arts in the Garden educational program as a template (provided in your Case
Study Example) along with the additional handouts attached.
This is a Formal Proposal that will be presented to the Board of Education
therefore The proposal will be submitted in printed format on letter-sized paper
from an acceptable quality printer single-spaced, one sided, with the left margin of
1.50 (for binding purposes); the remaining three margins of 1.25; Font: Times New
Roman, 12 pt; 12-15 pages. This should be bound professionally for submission
AND in Electronic “Microsoft Word Format” on a rewriteable CD (RWCD).
“Style” refers to grammar, spelling, use of appropriate vocabulary, and overall
writing quality throughout the paper.
“Substance” refers to the thoroughness of preparation for the education program,
appropriate use of facts and data, critical analysis of research for topic.
Content should include in the following order:
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Title Sheet
Index
Goal Statement
Advertisement
Schedule/Itinerary
Overview (brief)
Activities
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2 modified
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Objective
Material
Instructions
Sample
Objective
Material
Instructions
Sample
Program Evaluation
 Overview
Literature Citations
American Psychological Association (AMA) 5th Edition
 In Library
 Online:
http://www.library.kent.edu/page/10603#readyrefAPA
 Online: http://www.apastyle.org/
Appendix
 Evaluation Instruments
 Research materials used to support program, articles etc.