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Welcome to our course! Please take some time to familiarize yourself with the content in the Course Documents & Tutorials section.
You will find each week a new module opens on Monday, with content and assignments. I also post announcements in the News & Announcements section on Mondays, which is delivered directly to your email. The News & Announcements forum provides additional information and resources related to each weekly topic.
Each module includes a "lesson" for each week. Lessons include readings, videos, presentations and more. All assignments, forums, and activities each week will be based upon these lessons, so be sure to follow each page in each lesson for important information.
This week we will begin by exploring research that supports school gardening and the benefits for youth, adults and families that school gardens offer. And there is a lot of research, so much more than we can include in our course. Bookmark or save this Key Findings document for additional findings and research.
Getting started: What to Do This Week
- Review all the content in Course Documents & Tutorials
- Work through lesson which includes readings, resources, and videos:
- Foundations of Garden-Based Learning
- Benefits of Garden-Based Learning and School Gardens
- Healthy Gardens Healthy Youth
- Do the Assignments & Activities:
- Join the Discussion Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Complete this survey: https://forms.gle/bWBPqgzGKMV3JvLZ8
- Set Your Permission Preference for Sharing Your Work
- Always check the News & Announcements for important information
🎒You may have already completed our sister course, Planning and Organizing a Successful School or Community Gardening Program, and have already explored some resources that we introduce in this course. This course however, is an in-depth study and a practical approach of developmentally and academically appropriate garden design and learning activities that take place in a school and youth gardening program. Take time to review anything you may have already read, and put into the context of our greater focus here. Welcome back!
Next, begin the lesson for this module.