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Designing a Rain Garden Lesson PlanDesigning a Rain Garden Lesson Plan
Publisher
University of Wisconsin
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Grade
3rd - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Duration
2 hrs
Instructional Strategy
Collaborative Learning
Year
2011
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Designing a Rain Garden

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Now it's time for all of the data collected in previous lessons to be applied to the design of a rain garden. This resource can only be used as part of the greater whole, since learners will need to rely on gathered knowledge in order to reliably make decisions about the garden's design. Each group shares their proposal with the rest of the class, and favorite features of each are incorporated into a final design. 

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garden design, science

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  • Numbered steps walk groups through the process of creating a design for the garden
  • Teacher support is given in the form of extension and assessment suggestions, and in additional resource references

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