Learning about Lifecycles using an Organic Garden

This book uses the practical idea of growing small amounts of organic food at school in order to:   

• Meet all the learning objectives of QCA’s Science 5b Life Cycles’ unit.
• Help children understand how some of their food is grown.
• Reduce and recycle classroom waste.
• Encourage understanding of our inter-dependence with other living things.
• Recognise and help some endangered species in our immediate environment.
• Encourage the teaching of ‘sustainable development’.
  It also:
• brings modern, relevant issues into the classroom
• provides many photocopiable, practical activities
• is easy for busy teachers to use
• is fun for children.

Allan Randall and Ian Mitchell
64 pages
ISBN: 1–85741–079–3