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Discuss the traditional/current knowledge, customs, and uses of plants (ethnobotany). Students choose 3 plants to draw and discuss what the uses of each plant may be. Wrap up: discuss students’ plant choices and different uses (ie: medicinal, religious, etc.) of the plants chosen.
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Discuss the traditional/current knowledge, customs, and uses of plants (ethnobotany). Provide examples.Students finish stories by filling in the blanks using plants. Wrap up: discuss students’ plant choices and different uses (ie: medicinal, religious, etc.) of the plants chosen.
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Discuss seasons. Focus on fall. Predict what we will find outside. Define lobe, gall and sap. Discuss potential animal signs. Outside students check-off the fall clues they find. Students draw a fallen leaf and something that has been eaten. They answer the corresponding questions. Wrap-up: findings, answers to questions, winter predictions, etc.
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Discuss senses and seasons. Focus on touch. Discuss garden safety, respect and care. Students explore the gardens outside with their hands and draw findings. Wrap-up: predict seasonal differences.
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Collect fallen leaves in the schoolyard and sort the leaves into groups of your choice (ie: colour, type, etc). Draw one leaf from each of your groups. Can you see a pattern on your leaf? Include the pattern on your drawings. Wrap up: Everyone shares their favorite leaf or another thing that could be sorted in the schoolyard.
