STEAM - Design an Organic Garden

STEAM - Design an Organic Garden

Lesson 3 of 8 in this unit

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  • Year 1 - 2
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  • The Arts
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Lesson summary

This is a STEAM lesson, which adds the Arts to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).

In this lesson, students consider the nature of organic farming and link it to home gardening practices. Students will then design and model a vegetable garden for their home or school using familiar craft materials.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

  • understand how a home garden can grow their own organic produce.

Success criteria:

Students can...

  • explain in their own words what organic produce is
  • explain how they can grow their own organic produce
  • design a vegetable garden for the home or school
  • make use of familiar construction materials to develop a prototype of their vegetable garden design.

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Curriculum mapping

We encourage you to teach STEAM both through and between disciplines (transdisciplinary).

This lesson could be used across multiple strands of the curriculum, including Science, Maths, and Visual Arts. Consider focusing on a curriculum strand that will complement other areas of learning you and your students are working on.

Syllabus outcomes: ST1-10LW, ST1-11LW, ST1-9ES, STe-5WT, STe-9ME, STe-10ME, ST1-5WT, ST1-10LW, ST1-11LW, ST1-12MW, ST1-13MW, ST1-14BE, ST1-15I, ST1-16PVAS1.1, VAS1.2MA1‑1WM, MA1‑3WM, MA1-9MG, MA1-11MG, MA1-14MG, MA1-15MG.

General capabilities: LiteracyNumeracyCritical and Creative Thinking.

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability

Time required: 120 mins.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – students’ competency in completing the construction element of this task will depend on their experiences with creating models and the level of development of their fine motor skills.

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Skills

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

  • communication
  • creativity
  • critical thinking
  • cultural understanding
  • ethical understanding
  • problem solving
  • social skills.

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