PDF (9+) Science - Do it Yourself - Garden Research Handbook

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A Gardening Research Handbook for Fun-Schoolers!
 
Designed for teens, but perfect for Ages 9+ (Younger students will need some extra help).
 
Homeschooling Science - Print at Home PDF - 80 Pages
What's Inside?
 
Table of Contents: 
4.  History of Gardening 
6.  The Benefits of Gardening 
8.  Garden Types 
10. Gardening Tools 
12. Types of Soil
14. Chemistry and Gardening  
16. Location for a Garden 
18. Climate/Zones
20. Design in Gardening 
22. Preparing Soil for Planting 
24. Composting  
26. Gardening Mistakes to Avoid 
28. Invasive Plants 
30. Preventing Invasive Plants 
31. Natural Week Control
32. Good Bugs, and why we need them
34. Bad Bugs, and how to control them
36. Types of Plants: Annual, Perennial and Biennial
38. Flowers 
40. Caring for Flowers 
42. Vegetables
44. Caring for Vegetables 
46. Fruits 
48. Caring for Fruit Trees
50. Herbs 
52. Caring for Herbs 
54. Companion Planting 
56. Seasonal Gardening 
58. Gardening Month by Month 
60. Harvest 
61. Cleaning the Garden After Harvest 
62. Plant Disease and Problems to Watch for 
64. Nutrient Deficiency 
66. Frost Protection 
68. Drought Protection 
70. Gardening Time
72. Your Projects and Ideas
74. Notes
78. Garden Designs

 
Instructions:
This book will guide you through the process of learning how to plan a successful garden. You will learn about caring for the plants your choose for your garden. 
 
To complete the activities in this Journal you will need a few books about gardening, internet access for research, access to tutorials about gardening and colored pencils. Buy a gardening magazine to cut up and paste ideas into this journal. 
 
As you work through this Journal you will create a plan for your own garden. When you are ready to get started you will need seeds and gardening tools. 
 
You may also like the Nature Study Journal and All About State Flowers.
 
By: Margarita Brown
With Isaac Brown & Sarah Janisse Brown 
 
Thinking Tree Learning Levels:
A1 = Pre Reader (Pre-K) ages 2-5
A2 = Beginning Readers (K-1st) ages 6-7
B1 = Early Elementary (2nd-3rd) ages 8-9
B2 = Upper Elementary (4th-6th) ages 10-11
C1 = Junior High (7th-8th) ages 12-14
C2 = High school + (9th-adult) ages 13+
 
Many Thinking Tree Journals span a wide variety of ages because the students use books at his/her reading level. For example, some journals may say for ages 7-17 because you customize it and meet the student where he’s at.
 
Printing is permitted for single household use only.