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Transplanting In this session you will be moving your seedlings outside to their new homes.
Teacher's Lesson Plan for Session Two Divide your class into their four groups. Each group will be transplanting their plants in this session and discussing what they may like to eat in the final session. We suggest that two groups be supervised outside planting whilst two groups are supervised inside preparing recipes using the classroom activity cards -after 30 minutes the groups can swap activities. If you do not have enough staff to supervise two groups transplanting at the same time, use the same structure as Session One where one group at a time goes outside.
Introduce the second session: In this session you will be doing what is called ‘transplanting' - ‘transplanting' simply means moving our plants from one place to another. “Your seeds should now have grown enough to be ready to be moved to their new home. You need to plant them somewhere with more space as they will not be able to grow as big as they need to if we keep them in the seed trays. You transplant them by very carefully removing them from the seed tray and planting them into the soil outside” “ In the last session of this project you will get a chance to taste some of the food you have grown so you need to think about how you would like to do this e.g. eat them raw or in a simple dish.” Discussion with class: “What do your plants need now they have been transplanted?” Water, warmth, sunshine, weeding - this information is contained in the care cards for each group. “This second session also includes preparation for the final session when the food-tasting takes place. On that day we will be eating our five fruit and vegetables from the plants that we have grown! Using the classroom activity cards you will be thinking up some meals or snacks that you might like to eat.” Explain to the class that their parents will be invited to join the third session and take part in the harvesting and food-tasting. Children's Session Two Information Cards: Introduce the information cards to the children - they include some more interesting facts about their vegetable/fruit so they can get to know them better!
This practical session is about recognising whether the children's seedlings are ready to be planted outside, how to move them from the tray to the soil outside and how to plant each fruit/vegetable according to its own individual needs. Each group will need:
As each group will need to look for different signs for when their seedlings are ready and will need to plant them differently according to their varying needs we have provided children's instructions cards for each group. Work through the instructions on each of the cards. Children's Session Two Instruction Cards:
Pamper those Plants! After all the seedlings have been transplanted they will need some follow-up care. They will need regular watering and weeding, but again each plant will have some special requirements so we have included some children's care cards for each group. Children's Session Two Care Cards:
We have included some suggestions for activities which could be suitable for the weeks between Sessions Two and Three. Activity Cards 6,7 & 8 will encourage children to think about where our food comes from, how far it has travelled to be on our plates, and how it is that we can get some foods all year round when they are out of season in our country. Activity card 9 asks children to think about meals or snacks for Session Three which is all about food-tasting! In between the second and third sessions the children could work on their plans for the final session. The session can be about trying the food in its raw state, as many children have not eaten raw vegetables, or preparing a simple meal or snack such as a salad or sandwich. It can also include how to present the food in an attractive way - its amazing how artistic we can be with food! This work is to emphasise the importance of healthy food. To help with the planning for session three here are some suggestions:
Related activities which can be done during this session or at any other time:
Now follow on to Session Three (harvesting) |
Transplanting
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