Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Learning From Leaves: Adaptation [Pdf]
A scavenger hunt where students find and study examples of leaf adaptations for different environments. This activity is designed to be used on a visit to botanical gardens or greenhouse but could be adapted and used with specimens in...
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Creating a School Garden
Use this comprehensive site to create a garden at your school. Topics include: school gardening at a glance, cost estimate worksheet, design: using student ideas, and more.
Geffrye Museum
Geffrye Museum: Design a Garden
Landscape architecture and design take a lot of planning and preparation. Give it your best shot and design a garden of your own.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: How Does Your Garden Grow?
Based on the book Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming. Young scholars must use the engineering design process to plan and build a barrier that will keep hungry bunnies out of a garden.
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Institute of Texan Cultures: Teaching Outside the Classroom: Growing Texas [Pdf]
A lesson unit on developing a classroom garden in Texas. Students must prepare a plan by analyzing the climate and which crops are best suited to their locale, how much sun their garden will get, which plants grow well together, and what...
Curated OER
Unesco: Japan: Hiraizumi Temples, Gardens, Archaeological Sites
Hiraizumi - Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land comprises five sites, including the sacred Mount Kinkeisan. It features vestiges of government offices dating from the 11th and 12th centuries when...
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Unesco: India: Red Fort Complex
The Red Fort Complex was built as the palace fort of Shahjahanabad - the new capital of the fifth Mughal Emperor of India, Shah Jahan. Named for its massive enclosing walls of red sandstone, it is adjacent to an older fort, the...
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Unesco: Germany: Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates. The property consists of six housing estates that testify to innovative housing policies from 1910 to 1933, especially during the Weimar Republic, when the city of Berlin was particularly progressive...