Here is a resource that tells about ways to plan and create gardens, but also how to program around gardens. Great bunch of ideas for educating young people!!
http://www.healthiergeneration.org/uploadedFiles/For_Schools/1_SnacksMeals/GardenTK.pdf
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
National Science Foundation, Informal Science Education Grant
NSF (National Science Foundation) offers grants for Informal Science Education. This is education that is outside of the formal school day. Therefore, it is specifically for afterschool programs and out of school time. The entertain full proposals up to $3M for up to 5 years.
Arizona Cooperative Extension is writing a proposal for this money. The basic plan is to train afterschool providers, 4-H leaders, and anyone working with youth in the rainwater harvesting, gardening, and entrepreneurship modules of the curriculum taught at the Technology Conference in Sierra Vista in July. We will not be focusing upon nutrition for this grant as NSF does not want a health focus.
In addition to the creation of gardens, our proposal would work with technology in that we would teach youth about making videos, taking digital photos and enhancing them, using free online applications, and posting to a statewide blog to communicate with other sites. Youth will utilize three different planting mediums of in ground, raised bed, and straw bales to plant their gardens and analyze the results.
Would your students be interested? Would you be willing to spend time with youth in an after school time period? Do you think we could get families to duplicate these gardens in their homes?
Let us know what you think? Post a comment below!
Arizona Cooperative Extension is writing a proposal for this money. The basic plan is to train afterschool providers, 4-H leaders, and anyone working with youth in the rainwater harvesting, gardening, and entrepreneurship modules of the curriculum taught at the Technology Conference in Sierra Vista in July. We will not be focusing upon nutrition for this grant as NSF does not want a health focus.
In addition to the creation of gardens, our proposal would work with technology in that we would teach youth about making videos, taking digital photos and enhancing them, using free online applications, and posting to a statewide blog to communicate with other sites. Youth will utilize three different planting mediums of in ground, raised bed, and straw bales to plant their gardens and analyze the results.
Would your students be interested? Would you be willing to spend time with youth in an after school time period? Do you think we could get families to duplicate these gardens in their homes?
Let us know what you think? Post a comment below!
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