School Gardening
Grow your students' love of learning with a school garden! School gardening cultivates patience, responsibility, and collaboration as students sow and nurture their crops. Students who grow their own food are more likely to appreciate a variety of fruits and vegetables. Gardens expand the walls of the classroom, providing rich opportunities for hands-on learning in science, technology, mathematics, social studies, ELA, nutrition, and the arts.
This graduate-level course draws on the Next Generation Science Standards, Common Core State Standards, National Core Art Standards, NCSS Social Studies Standards, ISTE Standards, and CDC National Health Education Standards. The course may be taken with or without students.
This course is applicable towards the STEM Teaching Certificate.
This graduate-level course draws on the Next Generation Science Standards, Common Core State Standards, National Core Art Standards, NCSS Social Studies Standards, ISTE Standards, and CDC National Health Education Standards. The course may be taken with or without students.
This course is applicable towards the STEM Teaching Certificate.
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Candi Reimer
Instructor
As a beginning mathematics teacher at an urban high school, I quickly realized that drawing on student interests and experiences was essential to engaged learning. This insight has guided my work in education as a K-12 instructional coach, a developer of mathematics curriculum, and an instructor of professional development. My courses aim to create space for teachers to gather around relevant ideas and practical experiences as they deepen their knowledge and professional practice. Course topics reflect the concerns and curiosities of practicing teachers, equipping them to directly apply learning to classroom teaching. I value the diverse perspectives that Fresno Pacific University students bring to the learning community, and I hope that participants in my courses will be as inspired as I have been by the ideas and dialogue generated here.