Archive for November 28th, 2011
As a science teacher, I would want my students to understand the science of gardening. This way, they would be able to comprehend not only the process of growth of living things, but to also gain better appreciation about how the produce they would easily take from grocery aisles would take labor and effort. Getting them to appreciate the hard work of gardening is a way for me to instill in them proper values at the same time. I have then decided to get them into planting various crops for the entire semester.
They are free to do whatever they wish and plant what they want, and would be graded as to the turnout and production of the particular crop they have chosen. They may only make use of natural fertilizers and organic soil additives to better appreciate the process. It was quite a learning experience for them to understand how painstakingly difficult it is to go about farming. I consider the project a success as I have instilled in them learning and values along the way.