Life Lab cultivates children's love of learning, healthy food, and nature through garden-based education.
This page may not work correctly in your current browser, Internet Explorer. We recommend changing to a more modern browser before viewing this page. We recommend Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge.
The Growing Classroom Workshop
08/24/2023 09:30 AM - 08/25/2023 03:30 PM PT
Admission
$400.00
Location
The Garden Classroom at Life Lab on the campus of UCSC
www.lifelab.org/visiting
Santa Cruz, CA
United States of America
Summary
Learn to use a garden to breathe life into standards-based lessons, promote ecological literacy, encourage healthy eating, and support students' social development. Using Life Lab’s The Growing Classroom activity guide for grades K-6, participants in this hands-on workshop, experience tried-and-true garden-based lessons linked to Common Core Language Arts and Math and Next Generation Science Standards; practice basic gardening techniques; and develop management strategies for a school garden program. Graduate education units available.
Description
Learn to use a garden to breathe life into standards-based lessons, promote ecological literacy, encourage healthy eating, and support students' social development. Using Life Lab’s The Growing Classroom activity guide for grades K-6, participants in this hands-on workshop, experience tried-and-true garden-based lessons linked to Common Core Language Arts and Math and Next Generation Science Standards; practice basic gardening techniques; and develop management strategies for a school garden program. Graduate education units available.
