1st+Grade

1st Grade

Family resources through databases BPL for content books and trips Families then and now: story corp interviews What did they eat then and how did they get their food (Little House on the Prairie) NYC Green Market **Prospect Hill Orchards** apples & pears, some certified Organic, from Ulster County, New York; [|Watch Pam's video] **Stokes Farm** herbs, flowers and plants, heirloom peppers, eggplants and tomatoes from Bergen County, New Jersey; one of Greenmarket`s founding farmers in 1976; [|watch Ron's video]; listen to our interview

Community: Community gardens looking at images of the neighborhood over time Gowanus canal Highline

Garden links with families now and long ago "Compare and Contrast Garden" planting same seeds, bulbs, etc. at different times and in different materials and in different conditions. Use E-Books for units observe the garden and sketch and journal

Science: Animal Diversity IIM Garden animals: raccoons, squirrel, groundhog, birds, rabbit, chipmunk, snake

properties of matter