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'Here We Grow: Gardening with K-5 Students' |
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School gardens provide an opportunity to build understanding about the natural world through active investigation and inquiry. Gardens inspire students to use their senses, exercise their imagination, build communication skills, think critically, problem solve, and explore their questions, while providing a meaningful context for multidisciplinary exploration. This session has been developed for K-5 educators interested in engaging students in a gardening project. Participants will explore practical information about indoor and outdoor gardening with children and participate in activities designed to integrate a gardening project with core curriculum standards. Workshop Session (all workshops will be 75 minutes) | |
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| Denise Stewardson | |
| Email: | denise.stewardson@usu.edu |
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| Speaker Order: | 2 |
| Author Order: | 1 |
| Person Type: | Primary Presenter |
| Biosketch: | Denise Stewardson is an Extension Associate Professor and Director of the Utah Agriculture in the Classroom program at Utah State University. As a faculty member in the School of Applied Sciences, Technology & Education, she also teaches a social science-based agricultural literacy course on global food production for students of all majors. Denise has a Bachelor's degree in technology education from Eastern Illinois University and a Master's degree in Industrial Arts from the University of Maryland. Denise was born and raised in central Illinois—the Land of Lincoln—among the corn and soybean fields. Combining her formal education in technology education with an emphasis in communication, and her work experience with Agriculture in the Classroom, it seems only fitting that she is now paying homage to her roots as an advocate for agricultural literacy. |
| Organization/Affiliation: | Utah Agriculture in the Classroom, Director |