NYBG Organic Gardening
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Grades6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12Biology
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What it is
- This short article describes various methods of organic gardening used at the New York Botanical Garden and why these strategies benefit the environment.
- Students will read about how these practices eliminate the need for pesticides, improve soil quality, and encourage the presence of pollinators.
Teaching tips
Positives
- Students will learn about the benefits of some insects that students may otherwise see as pests.
- This article mentions specific fertilizers that gardeners can use for organic gardening.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students may need composting defined before reading the article.
- It may benefit students to understand the environmental impact of herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides.
Differentiation
- Students can use this article for an informative essay on sustainable gardening methods.
- This article can supplement a classroom activity where students investigate different gardening and agricultural strategies and compare them based on environmental impacts.
- This article can enhance a classroom discussion on conventional agricultural/gardening practices and how they affect biodiversity.
- Advanced students can use this article to complement lessons about regenerative agriculture, eutrophication, dead zones, or genetically engineered crops that are made specifically to encourage more herbicide applications (which make up a large portion of crops in the United States).
- Students can start a class garden and use the organic strategies detailed in the article.
- Students can consider what pesticides are used at their homes and discuss alternative methods.
From the scientist review
This resource is a webpage about organic gardening methods used at the New York Botanical Garden. The page is part of a collection of information about Sustainability and Alternative Treatments for plants. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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