Hort 6004 Schedule

8:00-8:30am		Registration/Textbook Distribution
8:30-9:15am		Introduction, Overview, and Expectations
9:15-10:00am		Educational learning theory and horticulture
10:15-10:45am		Gardening in the curriculum - meeting the Virginia SOLs
10:45-noon		Greenhouse Lab: Plants as Teachers
1:00-2:00pm		Earth stewardship through gardening
2:15-3:15pm		Horticulture education resources for elementary school teachers
3:30-5:00pm		Special Subject: The Botanical Garden and the Arboretum: Educational Resources: Chris Strand, Director of Education, Green Spring Gardens Park
Tuesday, June 27, 2000
8:00-9:45am		Relationship between man and plants in modern times and throughout history
10:00-noon		Special Subject: Cooperative Extension and Master Gardeners as Resources: Tom Tyler, Virginia Cooperative Extension Service
1:00-2:00pm		Greenhouse Lab: Plants in History and Social Studies
2:00-3:00pm		Special Subject: History and meaning of flowers/Ron Sanderson, Campbell Extension
3:15-3:45pm		Gardening, plants, and the language arts
3:45-5:00pm		School Gardening: Putting it together in the garden
Wednesday, June 28, 2000
9:00-11:00am		Tour of local elementary school gardening programs: Anne Richardson and Wendy Sparrow
1:00-2:00pm		Observing plants through children's eyes
2:00-3:00pm		Plant care in the classroom
3:15-4:00pm		Gardening under lights
4:00-4:30pm		Plant Propagation: Jason Fisher, Halifax City Extension
4:30-5:00pm		Greenhouse Lab: Fun With Plant Propagation
Thursday, June 29, 2000
8:00-10:15am		Plants in math and science: Observation and Comparison
10:30-11:00am		Composting: Ron Sanderson, Campbell County Extension
11:00-11:30am		Vermicomposting
11:30-noon		Greenhouse Lab: There's a Hair in My Soup by Gary Larson
1:00-1:30pm		Plants and nutrition: Jason Fisher, Halifax City Extension
1:30-3:15pm		Garden Design and building a garden-based, interdisciplinary curriculum
3:30-5:00pm		Special Subject: What Plants Can Teach Us/Anthony Woodyard, Academic Products, Horticopia Inc.
Friday, June 30, 2000
8:00-10:15am		Collaborative Project: Garden-based, interdisciplinary curriculum
10:30-noon		Class presentations of proposed projects
1:00-2:00pm		Funding your garden projects: the business of growing
2:00-3:15pm		Greenhouse Lab: Plant Art and the Creative Grower
3:30-5:00pm		Summary, evaluations, date for fall meeting

Assignment: Write and teach your garden-based unit; evaluate; prepare for fall meeting and presentation.