Lessons from a school garden

1. HEALTHY EATING

1.1. Nutrition lessons through the garden

1.2. introducing the students to the idea of farming

1.3. patience and its rewards

2. Presentation/Structure

2.1. Narration over slides/ pictures

2.2. Possibly use Prezi

2.3. Animoto

2.4. Fair Use picutures

2.5. Personal farm pictures

2.5.1. CSA pictures

2.5.1.1. pictures of nutritional foods/meala

2.6. upbeat, mild electronica music

2.6.1. Possibly acoustic guitar

3. Involving the CSA

3.1. Introducing the concept of CSA

3.2. CSA as community leaders/volunteers

3.3. Teaching children the imp. of agriculture in our society

4. Purpose and Adience

4.1. Audience: educators, administration, parents

4.2. Purpose: To stress the importance and benefits of a community garden on school grounds.

5. Informative speech

5.1. What benefits does a school garden provide?

5.2. Who benefits from the garden?

5.3. What can the students learn from having access to a school garden?

5.4. What are some of the steps to starting a student-run garden?

6. Living Laboratory

6.1. Explain how the garden functions as a living lab

6.2. A slide that highlights some possible 'living lab' experiments

6.3. teamwork and group participation = success

7. STORYLINE

7.1. 1. An overview of the community/school garden

7.2. 2. What a school garden brings to the table

7.3. 3. How to plan your school garden

7.4. 4. The CSA, ally of the neighborhood farm

7.5. 5. Getting started, a community initiative

7.5.1. Bringing family/faculty together to get everyone involved.