Nature Club
- School:
- Naples Classical Academy
- Subject:
- Science
- Teacher:
- Michaela Thomas
- all staff K-12, lrochefort@naplesclassical.org, rgarcia@naplesclassical.org
- Students Impacted:
- 1000
- Grade:
- K-12
- Date:
- September 9, 2023
- Deadline:
- October 20, 2023
Investor
Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.
A Champion For Learning - $564.00
Goal
Naples Classical Academy would love to create a garden space where scholars will be able to care for, grow, and learn about plants. Having a school garden would allow for hands-on learning and experimentation across the K-12 curriculum. Plants and insects are in multiple Science learning goals across various grade levels. Creating a garden will allow scholars of all grade levels (especially K-5) to gain interest in growing and caring for plants. The hope is to help foster a love for fresh fruits, vegetables, as well as promote physical activity.
What will be done with my students
Creating a garden club will help to jump start the school garden. The scholars will have an integral role in preparing, designing, and planting seeds to grow. Once the garden club sets up the garden, grade levels can help take care of the garden weekly by monitoring and watering the plants.
As an elementary teacher, integrating the garden into our lessons would be extremely valuable. Our Science book specifically talks about butterfly gardens and plants needed for insects and butterflies. NCA scholars would have the opportunity to apply the scientific method, observe habitats, learn about plant cycles, as well as the needs of plants. Students will be able to explore nature with magnifying glasses and could view plant parts under a microscope. Scholars from other grades will have access to inquire, observe, care, and learn from the garden as it ties into their curriculum lessons.
Benefits to my students
Scholars in the garden club will gain a deeper understanding of how to plant certain foods depending on the season. They will learn life-long skills of gardening. They will also learn how to care for plants as they grow various fruits and vegetables.
Scholars ages K-12 at NCA will benefit from the ability to observe a physical garden vs. images in a book. Having a garden at NCA will help to make learning goals applicable.
Budget Narrative
These funds would help Naples Classical Academy to get their first garden off to a great start! The school is providing the planter boxes and soil.
Items
| # | Item | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Permieter fencing | $111.00 |
| 2 | Plants/ Seeds | $120.00 |
| 3 | 30 Gallon Storage Container | $42.00 |
| 4 | Hose | $30.00 |
| 5 | Small rocks (20lb) | $64.00 |
| 6 | Stepping stones | $30.00 |
| 7 | Watering cans (6) | $28.00 |
| 8 | Kid gardening gloves (50) | $37.00 |
| 9 | Hand trowels (10) | $19.00 |
| 10 | Garden shovel | $18.00 |
| 11 | 50 gal Wheeled Plastic Trash Can | $65.00 |
| Total: | $564.00 |
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