9th COURSE MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT
TOPIC: SCHOOL GARDENS
OBJECTIVES:
1.
To
put in practice the theoretical knowledge about raised-bed gardening.
2.
To
provide students practical experience of growing vegetables.
3.
To
know the importance of healthy nutrition.
4.
To
motivate team work
ACTIVITIES:
1.
Write
an abstract about the work you have done in Checa and what you will do with the
vegetables you are going to get the next days.
2.
Make
them organize in groups and create a magazine or choose one of them to present
as a final product. ( they already worked on that with Felipe Basantes )
3.
Make
them choose 4 subjects to include them in the magazine. ( they have to write
what they did with the teachers of each subject)
4.
The
final product is going to be a digital magazine in English. It is up to the
teacher if there is enough time to make them expose their work.
DATES:
Abstract: (activity 1) May 9th, (Friday) this
activity they have to do it individually. handwritten
not in computer
Group work: (activities 2 and 3) in the
classroom May 13th.
Digital magazine: (activity 4) May 16th.
We have to make them work fast because the vegetables will be ready to be sold,
that´s the reason to do this until the next week.
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SECOND TERM MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT
FOR 9th COURSE
FOR 9th COURSE
TOPIC: Short-cycle crops and urban horticulture
OBJECTIVES:
1 . To put in practice the theoretical knowledge about raised-bed gardening and urban
horticulture and short-cycle crops.
. To provide students practical experience of growing vegetables and legumes.
. To know the importance of healthy nutrition.
. To motivate team work.
ACTIVITIES:
. Do a research about what urban horticulture and short-cycle crops are.
. What are the benefits of urban horticulture and short-cycle crops? Explain them.
. What are the necessary conditions for growing vegetables and legumes?
. Do a research about Checa:
Location
Climate
Type of soil.
Type of crops people from Checa produce
. Write down 5 examples of vegetables and 5 examples of legumes with their characteristics that you think we consume daily.
DATE:
Research: (activities 1-2-3-4-5) March 19th, 2014 (Wednesday)
These activities you have to do it individually,handwritten not in computer
horticulture and short-cycle crops.
. To provide students practical experience of growing vegetables and legumes.
. To know the importance of healthy nutrition.
. To motivate team work.
ACTIVITIES:
. Do a research about what urban horticulture and short-cycle crops are.
. What are the benefits of urban horticulture and short-cycle crops? Explain them.
. What are the necessary conditions for growing vegetables and legumes?
. Do a research about Checa:
Location
Climate
Type of soil.
Type of crops people from Checa produce
. Write down 5 examples of vegetables and 5 examples of legumes with their characteristics that you think we consume daily.
DATE:
Research: (activities 1-2-3-4-5) March 19th, 2014 (Wednesday)
These activities you have to do it individually,handwritten not in computer
