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Our Pizza and Salad Garden [|Soil Information] 8th grade:


 * Student homework of dream garden. (8 points).
 * Make qualitative and quantitative observations of abiotic and biotic factors and and sketches of garden in science lab notebook. (Rubric)
 * Student participation building garden. (Peer Assessment)
 * Lab testing soil composition (chemistry) and developing a scientific experiment using the garden. (40 points)

Culminating activity 3 Options:

Classify two types of plants within your projects by finding out scientific and common name. You must find common names in English, Chinese, Korean, and Choice. Remember: //Genus species// or __Genus species__ - Genus has uppercase first letter and species has lower case first letter. = = =a. Individually create 2 brochures about 2 different plants found in our school garden and how it can be used to create a healthy food choice (Expository).=

b. Create a newsletter informing school and community about school garden. Include types of plants, goals of the garden (food), how to maintain the garden so everyone can help (Persuasive).



==c. Write a science lab report about the scientific experiment the class did or do your OWN experiment did and display your findings on a science fair board. You must turn in both lab report and board (Expository).==