How Do Plants Grow on Walls?

ENGINEERING&TECHNOLOGY

Curiosity trigger

Working in teams, the students will create an extraordinary garden. While keeping in mind the needs of plants, the climate, colors, the form and the rules of composition, they will design a garden on a wall, make a model of it and select the plants appropriate for it.

Curriculum and Skills

Work and Life Skills:

Creative problem-solving
Teamwork and collaboration skills
Critical thinking and drawing conclusion

In this lesson, you will cover:

NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS:
3 -5-ETS1-1. Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

You will need

Two high (min. 1 l) plastic containers or jars, water, a pump (for example from a spray bottle, or a glass cleaner bottle), and a piece (about 20 in long) of a garden hose or nylon wire.

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Authors

Authors: Agnieszka Bocheńska, Marta Weber-Siwirska
Methodology: Monika Zwierko
Translation: Paweł Fabrowicz
Producer: Klaudia Chmura

Source

This is a modified version of a lesson plan created by the Children’s University Foundation under the CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license. Photo: Paris, vertical gardens by snoeziesterre, published on flickr under the CC-BY 2.0 license.

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