How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Social kills - cooperation, working as a team. Science - planet earth. plant life cycle Te Reo measurement - measuring how tall the plants are growing, comparing heights using mathematical language, taller shortes etc....

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Very positive

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? they now know all the names and can talk about the veges that grow above and under the ground

“This kit was amazing. The children have enjoyed the planting of the seeds and are watching daily to see if anything has started growing. The activities and game were great for the age of the kids in my class (6 and 7 years olds).”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? maths measurement. and writing. Science as well.

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? what veges there are, Not so worried about something new. It was a different world for some of the kids.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? A bit of an impact as they were learning what the vegetables are.

“kids loved it. Lots of talking and learning about plants and vegetables.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science, art, writing maths (arrays)

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students were more open to trying new veges after discussing with their peers which veges everyone enjoyed the most (funnily enough their was a wide variety of favourites).

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Many students learnt about a new vegetable they didn't know existed.

“My class really enjoyed the whole LGL experience from the membership applications, code cracking, seed planting and learning about photosynthesis and how a seed growths!”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science - Growing plants/germination Maths - Comparing heights of different seedlings Health - Learning about why fruit and veges are good for us Writing - Writing a vegetable joke book

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children have been trying different foods and can explain what food is healthy and what is not

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The 'spot it' type game really helped!

“The children loved being a part of a secret club!”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We linked it into some of the work we were doing in science and reading.

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? I probably didn't link this as well as I could have, but the students were definitely excited to be growing their own vegetables to eat. We are lucky that for the majority of our students healthy eating is a part of their everyday life.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Although we didn't look at specifics of names of different vegetables, we identified root veges and veges that grow above the ground. We also looked a little at herbs and edible flowers (and touched on how growing flowers promotes bees to pollinate plants

“We loved it! It's created so much curiosity and in particular my class went down the path of -why do different seeds take different amounts of time to germinate. We also looked at plants that grow above the ground and below the ground, as well as the difference between popcorn and sweet corn.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maori names for veggies.

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Great

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We leanrnt a lot

“All planted, the children are excited to see their seedling and be part of the league.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We have spent time during literacy writing about our gardens, talking about healthy eating, sustainability, and life cycles.

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They are very aware of the fact that we need to have vegetables every day, and that food that has been living is the most nutritious.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Huge. Lots of children had very limited knowledge about vegetables and their names. They enjoyed playing the game where they had to identify the vegetables.

“Little Gardens”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? maths measuring stem, making supports writing - taking photos of the steps they took to plant the plants

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children in our school are generally well informed about healthy eating but they had great fun in growing their own.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? some vegetables were unknown to the children beforehand eg daikon radish so great

“Loved all of the vegetables that the children were able to talk about. The cardboard house was a bit useless but it was great to get the children out clearing the school garden then planting their new plants.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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