Overview
How might we support our local food pantry with gardening?
This is the HMW question I will be using to motivate my 3rd grade class in our Learner Inquiry Project. The age of these students is 7 or 8 years old. The class size is 18 students and it will be taught at the end of March beginning of April.
I would begin this unit after first teaching my class about poverty and community involvement.
I would begin by talking to my students about how the local food pantry in our community helps people inflicted with poverty and food insecurity by providing them with food. I would then have them come up with ways we could support our local food pantry with gardening.
I would have the class do an interview with the person who runs our local food pantry. She will give them a challenge, which will be how can the food pantry give their patrons fresh fruits and vegetables with their dry and canned goods that they receive.
The class will then have to come up with ways, they can help the food pantry by designing, growing, and harvesting their own garden. The food they grow will then be donated to our local food pantry.
The class will have to research on, what types of gardens there are, what plants grow best in our area, how to plant seeds, what fruits and vegetables do people want to eat, how to get/buy seeds, how to take care of the plants, and when to harvest the fruits and vegetables. They will then have to plan out their gardens and plant them. They will have to maintain their gardens until they are ready to be harvested. The fruits and vegetables will have to be harvested and delivered to our local food pantry.
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