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Welcome 5
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0-1: Welcome Note from Victoria 30 minLecture1.1
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0-2: Good Things to Know 30 minLecture1.2
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0-3: Why Math Outdoors? 30 minLecture1.3
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0-4: Ideas to Kick Start Your Math Garden 30 minLecture1.4
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0-5: Supply List for Your Mini Math Outdoors Kit 30 minLecture1.5
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Module 1: Math Gardens that Feed 6
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1-0: Welcome to Gardens that Feed 30 minLecture2.1
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1-1: Time 30 minLecture2.2
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1-2: Patterns, Shapes, & Symmetry 30 minLecture2.3
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1-3: Numbers 30 minLecture2.4
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1-4 : Measurement 30 minLecture2.5
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1-5: Data Collection 30 minLecture2.6
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Module 2: Math Gardens as Outdoor Learning Stations 6
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2-0: Welcome to Gardens as Outdoor Learning Stations 30 minLecture3.1
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2-1: Time: Sun Dial 30 minLecture3.2
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2-2: Patterns, Shapes, & Symmetry: Music Gardens 30 minLecture3.3
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2-3: Numbers: Miniature Gardens 30 minLecture3.4
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2-4: Measurement: Mud Kitchens 30 minLecture3.5
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2-5: Data Collection: Water Wall 30 minLecture3.6
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Module 3: Math Gardens that Attract Wildlife 6
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3:0: Welcome to Gardens that Attract Wildlife 30 minLecture4.1
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3-1: Time and Food for Wildlife 30 minLecture4.2
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3-2: Patterns, Shapes and Symmetry & Cover for Wildlife 30 minLecture4.3
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3-3: Numbers and Water for Wildlife 30 minLecture4.4
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3-4: Measurement and Places to Raise Young Wildlife 30 minLecture4.5
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3-5: Data Collection and Sustainable Practices for Wildlife 30 minLecture4.6
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Module 4: Math Gardens for Art and Beauty 6
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4-0: Welcome to Gardens for Art and Beauty 30 minLecture5.1
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4-1: Time & Labyrinths 30 minLecture5.2
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4-2: Patterns, Shapes, and Symmetry & The Flower Garden 30 minLecture5.3
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4-3: Numbers & Art in the Garden 30 minLecture5.4
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4-4: Measurement & Sculpture 30 minLecture5.5
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4-5: Data Collection & Performance Stages 30 minLecture5.6
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Absolutely love the time lapse video of the monarch butterfly! Nature blows my mind all the time . Watching the video gave me the chills of how amazing nature is! The caterpillar looked like he was getting into a sleeping bag!!! Which really makes sense as that what he needs to do to transform to the beautiful butterfly!!!
When my oldest daughter was around 3 when we collected a caterpillar and watch it transform taking care of it all the way ( even took it on vacation with us as didn’t want it to come out while we were gone and not be able to get to food). I remember the moment when we noticed it coming out of the chrysalis and watching its every movement as it un folded and dried off its wings and took flight. It landed on my daughter many times before it took off into the big wide world!! Just priceless to see the joy in our faces!! She remembers it still today!
This is a beautiful reflection…as it speaks to making memories. That is what we are doing…creating spaces where children can make memories with Nature. Beautiful. Thrilled you loved the time-lapse video.
In the spring, we do a butterfly unit along with a plant unit. Next year, I would love to try creating a butterfly garden so that the butterflies stay around to be observed! Normally the kindergarten and first grade students release the butterflies, and they are seldom seen again in the courtyard as there is little to no vegetation. Though I will not be there this spring because of my maternity leave, I am thinking that this would be a great lesson for students next year. While the caterpillars are growing and changing, inside our classroom, we could be working on a butterfly garden. The students could help to plant things that would attract the butterflies and encourage them to stay around! I would love to also have part of the garden be an area of small pots that each student has planted a seed in. That way, the students can take their piece of the butterfly garden home at the end of the year and continue attracting wildlife at home.
When we plant the seeds and plants in the garden we would focus on the time of year that is best for planting, we would work to find a place that would get the most sunlight throughout the day, and we could count the days that it takes to grow from seed to sprout! I think the students would love to see which comes first- the butterflies or the sprouts!
Such wonderful seeds of inspiration sprouting! I love the idea of creating a container butterfly garden to enable children to take home a plant to spread the “love” and attract more butterflies at home. They are going to miss you when you are on maternity leave!
We also do tadpoles once in a while and we have watched timelaoses of tomatoes turning red, pumpkins growing and apples.
So cool!
We love to do monarch butterflies each year and watch this time lapse video. This fall we caught a circopia moth larva. He cacooned end of August and tajes til mid spring to emerge. They are born with no mouths and live only a few days, mate and lay eggs. It is fun comparing this long journey next to the monarch butterfly.