Students will experience the benefits of using their feet and hands to make estimates in gardening.
Students will read about proper planting depth and space between plants and rows.
Using the information on the seed packages, students can learn to figure out easy ways to estimate the proper planting depth and space by using their body parts. Mathematical computations are made easy with these methods, and help students use "mental math" to figure out dimensions.
When to Start Planting | My Garden Journal | You Can Tell a Seed by Its Package | My Garden Planning List | Tools of the Trade | You Are the Ruler–Garden Measuring
Alert: Making Pesticide Applications in School/Community Gardens
