Children's Garden Workshop - Science Museum of Long Island - Manhasset , NY
*The event has already taken place on this date: Tue, 03/23/2021
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Class sizes will be limited to 15 children - Masks are required inside the Science Museum - Pre-Registration is required.
Week 1: Plant biology – An introduction to plants (aquatic and terrestrial), why they are important, their major parts, and how they function.
Week 2: Planting – A hands-on portion of the class where children will be actively planting in the garden. Students will be sent home with a plant of their choosing to grow at home.
Week 3: Planting – A continuation of week 3 plus learning what it will take to have healthy plants, the requirements and time-to-harvest of the various plants.
Week 4: Little Green Thumbs – Class will involve the further discussion of plant anatomy and the parts that humans consume. This class involves tasting/eating the foods and microscopes can also be used during this class to examine cross sections of parts of the plants.
Week 5: Flower dissection/ Pollinators – An in-depth class regarding the parts of a flower and their importance in food production as well as dissection of a flower plus a discussion about various pollinators and a walk-through preserve to locate any local pollinators.
Week 6: Seeds aka reproduction(monocot/dicot/spores/etc.) – This class will show children the difference between the two types of seeds (monocot/dicot) and seed anatomy. Students will also be able to use microscopes in classroom to view slides with things like pollen.
Week 7: Fruits vs. Veggies - This class will focus on the botanical and cultural differences between the two items and how they got their classification. This lesson can be partially taught in the garden where a discussion about them can take place while also tending to the garden.
Week 8: Fungus/algae/moss/lichen - They grow but are they plants or are something different? This class will focus on these organisms while using the field microscopes to view them up close on a walk through the preserve.
Week 9: Harvesting – Those crops that are ready for harvest will be harvested. Students can request other topics of interest to be discussed.
Week 10: Harvesting/ tasting/ packing for donation – We will harvest those crops that are ready, and students will be allowed to sample any they want before bringing some home or packing the rest to be donated to Plant-A-Row for the Hungry or similar.
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