Gardens Are Us

School:: Christa McAuliffe Middle
Subject:: Special Needs Students
Teacher:: Kim Edgeworth
Students Impacted:: 8
Grade:: 6-8
Date:: February 9, 2018

Investors

Thank you to the following investors for funding this grant.

Lena Chinners - $25.00

The Ganeles Children - $268.29

Goal

Purchase items for outdoor vegetable and butterfly gardens, so students can have hands-on and real-life experience with plants, and vegetables.

What will be done with my students

So much learning. So much communicating. So much fun!!! Students will plant three gardens: two on the ground and one elevated for wheelchair students. We will plant tomatoes, string beans, carrots, oregano, basil, and mint.

Benefits to my students

There are so many benefits for a garden for special needs students. Math connections include measurements, graphing plant growth, use of calendar to predict when a plant will grow, comparing sizes of seeds and plants. Science connections include where food comes from, which insects help or hurt a garden, how to help care for the environment, and use our five senses. Most importantly gardening and observing nature and plants will benefit the students' communication skills.

Budget Narrative

Items will be purchased at Home Depot, Lowe's, and Dollar Store.

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	Garden bed Model #RC 4C4 (qty 2)	$79.96
2	Elevated garden bed Model #233061	$59.98
3	Garden soil Model #6850 (qty 8)	$55.76
4	Oregano Model #5081	$4.98
5	Mint Model #5104	$4.98
6	Basil Model #5010	$4.98
7	Tomato plants Model #0203 (qty 2)	$9.96
8	Carrots Model #06067	$2.59
9	Trellis Item # 396627 (qty 3)	$44.94
10	Green beans #852049 (qty 2)	$3.16
11	Gardening gloves (Dollar Store)	$10.00
12	Spades (Dollar Store)	$8.00
13	Watering cans (Dollar Store)	$4.00
	Total:	$293.29

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