The Science of Gardening

Term 3 Week 1 : The Science of Gardening

This week we have been excitedly planning how to get the school vegetable garden back into
a productive state. We’re tying this into our unit of inquiry on scientific developments.

Central Idea : Scientific knowledge is constantly evolving and has an impact on people's lives.

During this inquiry students are each taking on various aspects of developing our school vegetable patch. They are forming scientific questions related to the garden and applying a simple form of the scientific process.

1. Ask a question 2. Predict an answer. 3. Create a test to find the answer. (observe, measure, compare) 4. Share the findings.

The biggest question on our minds so far is how to keep the soil watered when we are away over the holidays. This will probably involve creating some simple machines to do the job. Students are reading about solutions to this issue.

At the moment we’re not very knowledgeable about gardening, and so we’ve each written a letter
to the local department of agriculture to ask for their help. They'll hopefully remember us from our
visit a few weeks ago.

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