Title:
Tools of the Trade
Topic:
Standard &
Benchmarks:
School Gardens
Standard 1: Planning:
Benchmark SC.G.1.3: Materials: Determine tools that are
helpful in the process of gardening and cultivating a crop.
I can statement: I can determine the tools needed to grow a
garden.
Create an advertisement for an invented or improved garden
tool
Minimum of one class period for the WebQuest plus
out of class activity (creative thinking time) for completion of
tool design.
□scratch paper
□pens
□colored pencils
□pencil
□ruler
□construction paper
(beside computer) – none
Outcome:
Time
Recommended:
Materials needed:
Equipment
Vocabulary:
Hawaiian
vocabulary:
Soil Cultivation- no translation
Options:
o Students may complete the product of the WebQuest as an
outside activity and then bring it in for peer sharing.
o Students may complete the WebQuest in pairs and the
project independently.
o Consider scheduling a fieldtrip to your local organic farm.
o Consider inviting a guest speaker from a gardening center
o Host a pretend auction
Additional
Information: