Students are encouraged to track square foot garden with the following App

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Writing a garden journal: 

1. Garden Journal at Territorial Seed

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The best way to learn about gardening is through experience. Use this free app to track what you've planted and when, as well as how often you’ve watered, fertilized, and harvested. There’s also a disease and pest database to help you better identify issues. The system also uses climate data to send specific planting advice for your area.

 

21st Century Knowledge and Skills: 

• Critical Thinking 

• Problem solving

As students write their garden journal, they will track what they planted and how they maintain the garden including when and how often they’ve watered, etc. As they learn to tackle common garden problems to successfully harvest the product, they will review what they have done correctly and reflect on their mistakes. This journaling activity will serve as a great opportunity for students to learn and build innovative skills including critical thinking and problem-solving skills as they carefully observe each process.

 

Maintaining and Harvesting: Share your progress with others

2. Flipgrid

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Students can use Flipgrid platform to take photos and videos of their progress while gardening their own square foot garden. Every 2-3 days, students will take photos of the garden and a short journal on what they observed and share with others. Taking care of a garden can often be a long and at times boring process for students. Using Flipgrid, they can encourage each other by commenting and sharing their work, ultimately making the maintenance process also become a learning moment. 

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21st Century Knowledge and Skills: 

• Communication

• Collaboration 

• Creativity 

• Interdisciplinary themes

With so many environmental issues rising today, the need for action is necessary. As part of the inter-curricular project, students should now be aware of the benefits of interdisciplinary approach as it allows everyone to collaborate and tackle a global problem in a more efficient way. Students have learned from previous lessons what sustainability is and how it can be one of the answers to address the climate crisis. Using Flipgrid, students will be able to visualize their action plan in creating sustainable homes, schools, and communities. Flipgrid is a great online platform for students to communicate and collaborate on sharing their project by uploading videos and photos as they maintain the garden on a daily basis. Using technology is a crucial component of this inter-curricular project as it allows various mediums for students to showcase their end product with creativity. 

 

Learn about a weird bug in your garden:  

3. iNaturalist 

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If you’ve ever seen a weird bug in your garden or wondered what kind of bird comes to sing to you every morning, you need this free app! While it's not designed specifically for gardening, there's a ton of information that's incredibly useful for anyone interested in nature, on any level. Created jointly by the California Academy of Sciences and National Geographic, this social network allows you to take a photo and get instant identification of plants, birds, and animals from other nature lovers. It's a great tool to get kids more connected to nature, too.

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21st Century Knowledge and Skills: 

• Problem-Solving

• Communication

• Information, media, and technology skills

When learning how to garden, students will inevitably encounter garden bugs. Some can even be the most destructive insects and students will learn to get rid of them. Using technological resources available, students can easily take photos of the bug, identify it, and come up with solutions to either get rid of the bug or keep harmless insects as part of the gardening. Also, using the iNaturalist app, students can connect and communicate with others virtually and access information and learn about various insects.  

 

Choosing your plant and connect with other gardeners globally:

4. Plants Map

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Nothing can go wrong with visual products. As students generate ideas on what to plant in their mini garden, they will use this app to learn more about the plants and herbs and decide which one they want to grow. Also, students will document, organize, map, and share information about plants at this web-based community site, which includes home gardeners, plant collectors, and experts at public gardens. 

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21st Century Knowledge and Skills: 

• Information, Media, and Technology Skills

Through the Internet, students have access to a myriad of information. Therefore, 21st century learners must learn to take the necessary information, paraphrase in their own words, and make proper applications. Our team believes that this is part of building media/information literacy. Thus, students will learn to access useful technology such as Plants map to document, organize, map, and share information about plants they have harvested on a digital database.