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Fontenebro International School

FROM THE SCHOOL YARDTO THE WORLD

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We received a letter from Mariquita Juanita telling us that she was still on holidays and asking us if we could look at the garden.As a group, we discussed the differents aspects on which we should focus our attention. Then, in smaller groups, we went out to the garden with our registration sheets.

EXPLORE THE YARD

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We received a letter from Mariquita Juanita asking us for help locating the fruit trees in the garden, because after her summer holidays she had forgotten about them.We had to solve some challenges to get the secret code that would give us the clues to identify the trees and complete the map.

WHAT ARE THE PLANTS LIKE?

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THELITTLETULIP

We saw Story of flowers and together we made up a story motivated by the images we had seen. Then we read The Little Tulip and discussed the temporal sequence of the flower growing.

STORY OFFLOWERS

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1. We divided the class into 3 groups and each group selected a secretary and a spokesperson.
2. Each group had a Qr code reader and qr-code cards.
3. The reading of each code resulted in an image. The secretary had to write down the letter with which the image begun.
4. When they had all the letters, they had to put them in order to build a word (one group formed the word water, another group earth and the last group light).
5. We had a general meeting between all the groups. The spokespeople shared the word that their team had discovered. We reflected on the 3 requirements.

NEEDS OFPLANTS

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We planted tomatoes, lettuce, peppers and lentils.

We left the seedlings without light.The children thought about where to place them and decided on a spot to place themThey decided to put them in a box.We continued the watering.

We left the seedlings without watering.

We planted seeds in cotton, mulch and sand.We placed them where they would get light and we watered them every day.

BIODIVERSITY TEAM

WATER TEAM

LIGHT TEAM

SOIL TEAM

Making our indagation with the hotbeds

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We thought and talked about possible materials and their characteristics. We checked which ones are biodegradable.

We used biodegradable hotbeds

We reused and decorated old pots

We could not make the seedbeds. It's on the to-do list for the next course.

THE HOTBEDS WORKSHOP

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we planted in the pots

we recycled containers and decorate pots

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coffee capsules

milk carton

We sequenced the steps with words and pictures.As in The Little Tulip activity, we play with the Beebot by following the sequence of steps. We reinforced the algorithm concept.

toilet paper roll

Workshopbird Feeders

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We did it!!

measure the garden

Why do we not get the same results if we measured with pencils, scissors, glue, polycubes...?

4 We still have problems!!

Children begin to say that their parents have rulers and meters to measure different things.

5 How can we solve that problem?

6 shall we try to measure with them?

We decided to measure the land with our feet.

1 we went out to the garden

Our measurements do not match...our feet are different sizes!

2 We have a problem!

We decided to measure with other objects.

3 We return to the classroom to think what we can do...

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We went into the garden and looked for different smells.We reflected about the differences between aromatic plants and non-aromatic plants.

We listened to the different sounds of nature with our eyes closed. We tried to guess what they were and take turns repeating the honomatopoeias."What do they make you feel?

deep in the garden

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We saw pictures of different gardens. We also looked at paintings by some artists. We reflected and discussed the different aspects of the gardens and the different elements.

getting to know OTHER GARDENS

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DO you like it?

designing our garden

In other school years, we picked the lettuce in June and ate it in the school canteen.Occasionally we have been able to pick some tomatoes and peppers. The rest we picked in the summer camp.

Not done yet

Earth Day is celebrated on the 22nd of April. We want to take the opportunity to transplant the flowers from our seedbeds to the garden and also the vegetables to the orchard.

Improving our garden

presenting our garden

I like to relate all the contents that we work on and sometimes it is complicated due to lack of time.Having a class pet or character helps a lot in this aspect, it gives it meaning and guides and accompanies us in the process.

I need more time!!

difficulties

Being a future project, there are activities that can be modified from one course to another, depending on the time available, the characteristics of the group...

Computational Thinking Skills developedLevels of Knowledge and Knowledge Transfer

Integration of ChildrensBody and Mind IntegrationProcess Orchestration

Integration of DisciplinesEducational Process

IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION

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