#KRSSGarden Project Outline

Driving Question: How can we make our Garden a success?

Chunk 1: Planning

Chunk 2: Planting Calendar and Resources (Due Monday April 8th)

Chunk 3: Networking (Due Tuesday April 9th)

Chunk 4: Care Plan (Draft Due Friday April 12th):

Chunk 5: Research Question (Due Tuesday May 14th)

Chunk 6: Planting Plan (for Wednesday, May 22nd)

Chunk 7: Report on Your Experiment or Project(Due in Chunks, see individual documents)

KRSS Garden Experiment Template (for those who planted something and the compost people)

KRSS Watering Project Template (for those who did not plant anything)

Chunk 8: Assess and Publish (Due Thursday June 13th)

Assessment Rubrics

Scientific Literacy

Scientific Method

Chunk 1: Planning

1. KRSS Community Planning Session - Feb 25th
2. Sharing the Vision - wordles
3. Using the Information we collected - March 12th

1. Read through the information assigned to your group and copy and paste it into the appropriate place in The Plants, Conditions, and Other Factors Document

4. Deciding on Plants - March 12th, 13th (we will be planting on the 14th)
5. Deciding on the Conditions we will need to monitor - March 12th and 13th

Chunk 2: Planting Calendar and Resources (Due Monday April 8th)

1. Find the Document your partner has created or create a new shared document for you and your partner. Move it to your NLC folder.
2. Planting Calendar Dates:

1. Find at least two, local planting schedules for plant you and your partner will be responsible for. Use the resources that have been shared in the Forum on Moodle and add more if you can.
2. Write the sow dates (to plant seeds) and planting dates (to transplant seeds into the greenhouse or ground) in your Google Doc
3. Cite the resource you used to find them (name of the book and page numbers, name and issue of magazine and page numbers, website)
4. Create events in a Google Calendar for the sowing and planting dates for your plant and invite schase@sd57.bc.ca to them. That will allow me to add the dates to our NLC calendar. Some of these seeds will require immediate sowing!

3. Resources:

1. Find at least two sources of information that describe the types of containers we should use to sow your seeds.
2. Write down all the information you need about containers in your Google Doc.
3. You should also be thinking about and looking for information on soil, location, sun, shade, drainage, moisture, and nutrients.

Chunk 3: Networking (Due Tuesday April 9th)

For this project I’m encouraging you to look for ways to find information outside of textbooks and gardening websites.

1. Your First Job is to find an expert (someone you know that knows how to Garden).

1. When you contact an “expert” to ask for their help, please:

1. Tell them who you are and where you are from
2. Tell them about the KRSS Garden Project
3. Tell them about your research questions (plant type and conditions)
4. Ask if they’d be willing to help you get started, help you monitor the garden, and attend a presentation of your research once its complete.
5. Let me know who you expert is

2. Your next job is to build a network. I encourage you to contact other gardeners in whatever way you are comfortable (for example, read articles in the paper, message on facebook, twitter, comment on a YouTube video, comment on a blog, whatever you are comfortable with. Remember to make sure you only use your first name and that you follow our Internet Safety Guidelines.

1. Suggested Resources:

1. Millside Inquiry Garden
2. Prince George Citizen (user: pgcitizen@krss.sd57.bc.ca ask for password) Look at papers from Saturdays and look for the Gardening articles in the Home Section (around page 30) by Josh Van Hauge

Chunk 4: Care Plan (Draft Due Friday April 12th):

Create a Blog Post with your partner explaining your plan in caring for your plant. Your plan should:

1. Cover all of the “TOPICS” (See the Scientific Literacy Rubric Below)

1. Emerging Topics:

1. how much water the plant needs (and how often)
2. how much sunlight the plant needs
3. dates and timeline to sow seeds (if starting from seed) and when to plant, and when to harvest

2. Proficient Topics:

1. how to start plants
2. soil and nutrient needs
3. what kind of container to use (and inside greenhouse or outside)

3. Outstanding Topics:

1. what pests and diseases plants get and how to treat them

2. Include some visuals

1. A picture or pictures (with links to the sites where you got them), or
2. A video or videos (with links to the sites where you got them)

3. Include your references

1. include links to webpages
2. include names of people you’ve had conversations with
3. proper citation for books (Authors Name, Title of Book, Name of Publisher, Date of Publication, City of Publication)

Chunk 5: Research Question (Due Tuesday May 14th)

1. Developing a Research Question

1. You will need to choose some variables to keep constant and some variables to change

1. You will need an expert that you can work with on your research, I’d suggest you contact them now for tips on how to start your seeds.

2. Create a research question. Your question will be in the form of:

1. How can we change ___(one variable)___ to help ___(desired result)____________.
2. Use this document to help you define your Research Question

2. Lesson on Research Questions (Monday May 6th)

1. Discussion and Example of the Scientific Method

2. Make notes in the Plants and Conditions document on the two new columns on the right (Update and Research Question Ideas)

3. Revising the Research Questions (May 7th)

1. Share your update and question ideas with the class
2. Give feedback to the class

1. Pick one research question you heard and explain why you thought would work well (I like...because...)
2. Pick one research question and share with the class how you think it could be approached differently (you might want to try...)

3. Make sure you’ve thought critically about your question, and made it as specific and detailed as possible. :

1. Can you test it?
2. How will you test it? (What will you change in your experiment)
3. Will you have results by June 10th?
4. What will you measure and/ or observe?

4. Write down your question and self-assess it using the Hand in Sheet (May 14th)

Suggested Resources:

4. Millside Inquiry Garden
5. Prince George Citizen (user: pgcitizen@krss.sd57.bc.ca ask for password)

1. Look at papers from Saturdays and look for the Gardening articles in the Home Section (around page 30) by Josh Van Hauge

Chunk 6: Planting Plan (for Wednesday, May 22nd)

1. Where will you plant your your plants?        
2. What size bucket will you use?

1. Is the bucket big enough

3. How much water do your plants need?

1. for example, lots or a medium amount. We will have two water zones inside the greenhouse and two outside. If you have more specific needs you will need to water them yourself

Chunk 7: Report on Your Experiment or Project(Due in Chunks, see individual documents)

• KRSS Garden Experiment Template (for those who planted something and the compost people)

• KRSS Watering Project Template (for those who did not plant anything)

Chunk 8: Assess and Publish (Due Thursday June 13th)

We will be using a blog to document the creation of the garden. We’d like to have everyone authoring posts on each aspect of the Garden so other schools creating Gardens and other gardeners can use our blog as a resource. Once the blog is set up you’ll be given access as an Author.

1. Self assess your report with the Scientific Method and Landscape Architecture Rubrics and make any changes you feel necessary
2. Create a new folder within your NLC folder on Drive and rename it “Published DO NOT DELETE”
3. Move your report to that folder
4. Embed your report into a new post on the KRSS Garden Blog (check out this quick video to learn how http://youtu.be/NpypgHBMkUw#t=00m30s)
5. Print your report and hand it in

Assessment Rubrics