Professional Development Workshops

Nutrition in the Garden - '08

• April 9, 2008 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
  (42 ES teachers present)

Presentation Goal
Presentation Objectives
Breakout Sessions
Teacher Quotes

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Presentation Goal 

To promote classroom activities that encourage the consumption of the recommended amounts of colorful fruits and vegetables everyday & promote daily physical activity through garden related nutrition education.

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Presentation Objectives

By the end of the training participants will:

• Learn indoor and outdoor strategies and techniques for planting edible plants
• Gain knowledge of garden-based nutrition education curricular resources, and
• Acquire the skills to set up a worm composting bin

Participants overwhelmingly agree that the goal and objectives were met.

Please continue to review the nutrition in the garden survey and photo gallery. See what activities teachers are encouraged to participate in and what they have to say about the workshop in general.  For example:

• 98% of participants agree or strongly agree that he/she learned about strategies and techniques for gardening inside and outside the classroom.
• 92% of participants completed an action plan for gardening in the classroom.  
• 97% of participants agree or strongly agree that the curricular resources link to garden activities and nutrition education.

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Surveys and Photos by Breakout Session

• "Botany on Your Plate"  (Breakout session, Grades K-1)

Teachers said:

• 100% of participants agree he/she is going to use the information and materials received in the classroom, and that the information was related to his/her job.

Teachers planting seeds     

• "The Growing Classroom: Roots, Wonderful Roots" (Breakout session, Grades 2-3)

Teachers said:

• 50% of participants will definitely implement gardening activities inside the classroom.
• 40% of participants will definitely implement gardening activities outside the classroom.

Photos

 
Teachers gardening together

• "The Growing Classroom: Water, Carbohydrates and Peas, Oh My!" (Breakout Session, Grades 4 - 6)

Teachers said:

• 89% of participants will definitely or most likely implement gardening activities in the classroom and outside in a garden

Photos

  
Teachers using science-standards in the garden

 
Teachers learning how to use rich soil

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Teacher Quotes from the Nutrition in the Garden Professional Development

I APPRECIATED…

• Well organized workshop and very important info.
• The hands on learning. The composting ideas, the group work (botany)
• Mark's enthusiasm. The presentation on composting. The center I participated during the breakfast session.
• The preparation and organization.
• The excellent materials, the snacks, and good parking.
• In the garden: hands-on lesson with worms and mini garden. Inside: The lessons for flower dissection/ seed necklaces.
• That every lesson was well planned.
• The sample lessons.

I PLAN TO USE…

• "Botany" experiences.
• All the info at my grade level meetings. Share everything I learned.
• The lesson ideas from Botany on your plate. Make healthy snacks with my first graders.
• The lessons with my class. I think they will enjoy having their own seed to take care of and see it grow.
• It will definitely encourage those who are too shy to talk in class.
• Implement some of the ideas learned.
• The lesson plans/ Gardening 101 booklet.
• The ideas gathered at the Library session K-1.
• These ideas do plant seeds and to make nutritious snacks.

 
Teachers planting seeds.

 
Teachers making a nutritious part-plant snack, and vegetables growing in the garden!

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