TERM 3 SILVERBEET

EXTENSION IDEAS

• Turn your silverbeet project into a science experiment by growing plants under different conditions. For example, you could put your plants in different areas(some sunny, some shady, with or without a cloche) plant in spring and winter, or give them different amounts of water and fertilizer and see how this impacts on their growth.

• Turn your silverbeet project into a technology lesson by getting your students involved in using a drill to prepare your containers for planting. Or make some cloches out of empty plastic milk or juice bottles.

• Turn your silverbeet project into a maths session by using rulers to measure out planting distance for seeds, recording how long the plants to take to grow and measuring their growth, or counting the leaves, or recording what percentage of the seeds germinate.

• Turn your silverbeet project into a writing project by keeping a garden diary about your silverbeet plants and recording the process of how you planted them, how they grow and how you harvest them.

• Turn your silverbeet project into a way to engage whanau by sending home silverbeet seeds or seedlings for children to grow at home and sending home the silverbeet recipes. You might also like to invite whanau into school to help with supervision when you are gardening and cooking.

Here are some extension ideas to help you take your gardening and cooking activities into the classroom. Remember, there are lots more ideas on the Garden to Table Online website - why not have a look!

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