Garden Time!
- School:
- Vineyards Elementary
- Subject:
- Science
- Teacher:
- Joanna Campanile Janell Matos
- Students Impacted:
- 30
- Grade:
- 1
- Date:
- July 16, 2020
Investors
Thank you to the following investors for funding this grant.
In memory of Monica Baker - $50.00
MYRA & VAN WILLIAMS - $215.00
Original Grant Overview
Goal
This gardening project will start at the beginning of the school year and be a permanent ongoing project. The students will learn to plant and care for their community garden.
What will be done with my students
The students will learn what it means to work hard and work cooperatively in order to eat healthy and live a healthy life style. This project ties into the 1st grade curriculum through science, social studies, reading and writing. The students will be learning what plants need, parts of plants, how to work together, reading about garden care and writing about what they have accomplished.
Benefits to my students
The outcome of this wonderful project will inspire children to plant and care for a garden. It will help them understand why it is important to eat healthy and how they can be part of their community. There will be 40 1st grade students and 2 teachers working to create and maintain this garden. The whole school will benefit from the beauty and the food that will be grown in our school community.
Budget Narrative
We will first purchase all the items from home depot. We will work with the students to plant and take care of the garden. They will be able to watch it grow, harvest, cook and then enjoy eating it. The students will learn to plant and care for their community garden.
Items
| # | Item | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 bags of soil | $140.00 |
| 2 | A Variety of Seeds | $35.00 |
| 3 | Tomato Plants | $25.00 |
| 4 | Pepper Plant | $10.00 |
| 5 | Lettuce | $25.00 |
| 6 | Milk Weed | $30.00 |
| Total: | $265.00 |
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