Resources

Students get creative and pretend that they are now as small as their thumb. They then describe the garden and how perspectives change from a worms eye view. Wrap up: Discuss student answers. Discuss our role in protecting the garden as humans are much larger and more capable than smaller plants and animals.

Students learn about patterns and get creative by sketching the patterns they observe on objects around the schoolyard. Wrap Up: compare sketches and discuss what patterns might mean ie: pores, veins, pollen, etc.

Discuss patterns and basic counting. Explore the schoolyard to answer questions that require students to draw the patterns they see or count something (ie: number of leaves on a plant). Wrap up: Discuss student answers. Discuss patterns found. Why do patterns occur in manmade structures and in nature?

Discuss patterns, and demonstrate basic counting skills using plants. Students search for plants based on a short description, and draw the plant or count where applicable. Wrap-up: common patterns and numbers, predict seasonal differences, etc.

Draw the object. Then draw tally marks beside the object that you find in your schoolyard. Wrap up: Discuss student findings. Were there any objects that weren’t found? Why?