How Does Your Classroom Grow?

Eggshell Seed Starting Pots

http://www.pallensmith.com/index.php?id=1052 

Growing plants in your class brings health and learning benefits. Whether it is seedlings for a school garden or a ficus that will remain in you class for years like a friendly face, the daily involvment in tending, measuring, and appreciating the beauty of the process of growth for your students is greatly more than the slight cost of time and organization. Don't have a green thumb? I bet some of your students or parents do. You can involve STEM activities, art lessons, and even run a class science project to see if plants grow better with Mozart (they do. Kids do, too.) Maybe a teaching colleague would like to collaborate in a joint project for Earth Day.

15 houseplants for improving indoor air quality

http://www.mnn.com/health/healthy-spaces/photos/15-houseplants-for-improving-indoor-air-quality/a-breath-of-fresh-air

Here is a mind-boggling number of classroom plants to sort through! Teacher, you can surely find something suitable for your class here.

 classroom plants

https://www.pinterest.com/llogan2276/classroom-plants/ 

Let's Get Growing: Seed Starting Q & A

 http://www.kidsgardening.org/node/96821

Terrariums for Teachers and students 

http://www.stormthecastle.com/terrarium/teaching-terrarium.htm 

School Gardens

http://growing-minds.org/school-gardens/ 

How to Build a Straw Bale Garden

http://modernfarmer.com/2013/07/straw-bale-gardening/ 

REAL School Garden

http://www.realschoolgardens.org/ 

School Garden Checklist

http://www.letsmove.gov/school-garden-checklist 

Keyhole Gardening Tips

Keyhole Gardening Tips

Keyhole Gardening

http://www.hgtvgardens.com/raised-garden/keyhole-gardening-tips 

 

Welcome to School Garden Wizard

http://www.schoolgardenwizard.org/

Collective School Garden Network 

http://www.csgn.org/

School Garden Resource Center

https://www.wholekidsfoundation.org/resources/school-garden-resources/ 

How Does Your Classroom Grow?

Eggshell Seed Starting Pots

http://www.pallensmith.com/index.php?id=1052 

Growing plants in your class brings health and learning benefits. Whether it is seedlings for a school garden or a ficus that will remain in you class for years like a friendly face, the daily involvment in tending, measuring, and appreciating the beauty of the process of growth for your students is greatly more than the slight cost of time and organization. Don't have a green thumb? I bet some of your students or parents do. You can involve STEM activities, art lessons, and even run a class science project to see if plants grow better with Mozart (they do. Kids do, too.) Maybe a teaching colleague would like to collaborate in a joint project for Earth Day.

15 houseplants for improving indoor air quality

http://www.mnn.com/health/healthy-spaces/photos/15-houseplants-for-improving-indoor-air-quality/a-breath-of-fresh-air

Here is a mind-boggling number of classroom plants to sort through! Teacher, you can surely find something suitable for your class here.

 classroom plants

https://www.pinterest.com/llogan2276/classroom-plants/ 

Let's Get Growing: Seed Starting Q & A

 http://www.kidsgardening.org/node/96821

Terrariums for Teachers and students 

http://www.stormthecastle.com/terrarium/teaching-terrarium.htm 

School Gardens

http://growing-minds.org/school-gardens/ 

How to Build a Straw Bale Garden

http://modernfarmer.com/2013/07/straw-bale-gardening/ 

REAL School Garden

http://www.realschoolgardens.org/ 

School Garden Checklist

http://www.letsmove.gov/school-garden-checklist 

Keyhole Gardening Tips

Keyhole Gardening Tips

Keyhole Gardening

http://www.hgtvgardens.com/raised-garden/keyhole-gardening-tips 

 

Welcome to School Garden Wizard

http://www.schoolgardenwizard.org/

Collective School Garden Network 

http://www.csgn.org/

School Garden Resource Center

https://www.wholekidsfoundation.org/resources/school-garden-resources/ 

Next Week's Lesson Plans 3/29/14

 

These links may help you develop plans for current events.

April Fools' Day in the Classroom: Eight Resources for Teachers

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/april-fools-classroom-ideas-matt-davis 

Five-Minute Film Festival: April Fools Day!

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-april-fools-day-pranks

And who knew Jeff at Edudemic had a mischievious side? 

5 April Fools’ Day Pranks Teachers Can Play

http://www.edudemic.com/5-april-fools-day-pranks-teachers-can-play/ 

These links are good to bring depth to your lesson plans: 

Thank you, Mind/Shift, for making us thoughtful.

The Difference Between Praise and Feedback

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/03/the-difference-between-praise-and-feedback/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

One Size Does Not Fit All: The Need for Variety in Learning

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/03/one-size-does-not-fit-all-the-need-for-variety-in-learning/ 

These links will help you bring growth to your students.

School Garden Checklist

http://www.letsmove.gov/school-garden-checklist

A Garden in Every School® 

http://www.nationalgardenmonth.org/index.php?page=storyline-schoolgarden 

 Easy Classroom Houseplants

http://www.kidsgardening.org/node/11442 

These links will help keep you organized (and sane.)

Tools for Teaching: Managing a Large Class Size

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/managing-large-class-size-rebecca-alber

Classroom Jobs for All Your Student Helpers

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/classroom-jobs-all-your-student-helpers 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/teaching-is-creating-living-classroom.html