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Grades
3-6
1
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5
Hours

Gardening and Local Foods

Science
Outdoors
Students will learn the different species that are native to your area as well as ones that people used to forage to eat in the area. Learn about your hardiness zone, the predators of certain foods an

Concepts at a Glance

  • Learn species that are native to your area, your regions hardiness zones, and plants and foods 
  • Understanding the interdependence of certain species within an ecosystem and learning how an invasive species can interrupt the interconnectedness of the ecosystem.

Curriculum Connections

Social Studies

Grade 2: 

  • Canada is made up of many diverse regions and communities.
  • diverse features of the environment in other parts of Canada and the world including climate zones. 

Grade 3:

  • relationship between humans and their environment

Science

Grade2: 

  • Living things have life cycles adapted to their environment

Grade 3:

  • Living things are diverse, can be grouped, and interact in their ecosystems
  • biodiversity in the local environment

Grade 4:

  • All living things sense and respond to their environment

All grades: 

  • Questioning and Predicting
  • Planning and Conducting
  • processing and Analyzing Data and Information
  • Applying and Innovating
  • Communicating

Materials

Activity Instructions

Worksheets

Lesson Plan

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