The School Gardeners' Southwest Desert Almanac
A Garden-Based Science Teaching Network
Launched February 5-7, 2020
Explore how educators from 5 southwestern states with cold & warm deserts are advancing an ecoregion almanac for garden-based science teaching.
Explore how educators from 5 southwestern states with cold & warm deserts are advancing an ecoregion almanac for garden-based science teaching.
Touring Gardens across Ecoregions
Touring Gardens across Ecoregions
Tour school gardening from coast to coast, including the southwest ecoregion and Manzo Elementary School
Tour school gardening from coast to coast, including the southwest ecoregion and Manzo Elementary School
Students from 7 schools share how they engage in hands-on learning, illuminating many ways that unique and diverse school gardening communities grow healthy food for themselves and their communities while also becoming caretakers of their local environments .
Visit growingschoolgardens.org/ to explore more.
Learning About Culture and Sustainable Harvesting of Native Plants
Learning About Culture and Sustainable Harvesting of Native Plants
Conference participants refined, expanded and published a demonstration lesson featured at the conference in the prestigious national science education journal for educators, Science & Children. Click here to read the article.
Conference participants refined, expanded and published a demonstration lesson featured at the conference in the prestigious national science education journal for educators, Science & Children. Click here to read the article.
Learning About Culture and Sustainable Harvesting of Native Plants: Garden-based teaching can foster appreciation of indigenous knowledge.
Eileen Merritt, Virginia Polytechnic and State UniversityAlexander Peterson, University of ArizonaStacy Evans, Tucson Unified School DistrictSallie Marston, University of ArizonaSteve Zuiker, Arizona State UniversityLearning About Culture and Sustainable Harvesting of Native Plants: Garden-based teaching can foster appreciation of indigenous knowledge.
Growing garden-based learning: mapping practical and theoretical work through design
Growing garden-based learning: mapping practical and theoretical work through design
Conference participants also published a paper about the role of design in school garden research in Environmental Education Research. Click here to read the article.
Conference participants also published a paper about the role of design in school garden research in Environmental Education Research. Click here to read the article.
Growing garden-based learning: mapping practical and theoretical work through design
Steve Zuiker & Amanda Riske, Arizona State UniversityGrowing garden-based learning: mapping practical and theoretical work through design
Bringing the Almanac to environmental educators
Bringing the Almanac to environmental educators
Conference participants and case authors from The School Gardeners' Southwest Desert Almanac presented a hands-on demonstration session and a poster at the virtual NAAEE conference on October 5-16, 2020. Click the links below to take a look at what we shared
Conference participants and case authors from The School Gardeners' Southwest Desert Almanac presented a hands-on demonstration session and a poster at the virtual NAAEE conference on October 5-16, 2020. Click the links below to take a look at what we shared
Eileen Merritt (Presenter) Virginia Polytechnic and State UniversityRob McGehee (Presenter) Program Manager, Sustainability Teachers' Academy, Arizona State UniversityHazel Wolfe (Presenter) ZDIGStacy Evans (Presenter) Tucson Unified School DistrictAlexander Peterson (Presenter)Amy Flores (Presenter) Tucson Unified School DistrictMark Reynolds (Presenter) Tucson Unified S.D.Sallie Marston (Presenter) University of ArizonaMolly Cashion (Presenter) Program Manager, Arizona State University / Sustainability Teachers' AcademySteve Zuiker (Presenter) Arizona State UniversityMoses Thompson (Contributor) Associate Director, UA Community and School Garden Program
Steve Zuiker (Presenter) Arizona State UniversityAmanda Riske (Contributor) Arizona State UniversitySallie Marston (Contributor) University of ArizonaMichelle Jordan (Contributor) Mary Lou Fulton Teachers CollegeWendy Wakefield (Contributor) Arizona State UniversityAndrea Weinberg (Contributor) Assistant Professor, Arizona State UniversityMoses Thompson (Contributor) Associate Director, UA Community and School Garden Program
Check out the 2020 STEM for All Video Showcase
Check out the 2020 STEM for All Video Showcase
From May 2020, #STEMvideohall hosted a free, interactive, week-long event featuring videos from over 170 federally funded projects, including our very own School Gardeners' Southwest Desert Almanac. Check out the showcase or dive right in to our project video.