Dig It Projects In UK

See how folks like us in over in the UK are serving their community. Support the work they do and take a look at their lesson plan CD “Learning without Walls” below.  Check out this web page or go straight to Dig It Projects.

About

DIG IT Projects are involved with local schools helping them to grow their own fresh produce. These new innovative School & Community Projects based around “Garden Growing Spaces”. To allow children and adults to interact with the outdoors and to grow their own fresh vegetables and fruit using raised beds.

Why have these Growing Areas?

These “Allotment Style” gardens are based around individual raised beds used for growing FRUIT and VEGETABLES. They encourage the children / community to interact with the outside space, help develop social and confidence skills as well as highlighting the “Healthy Eating Program”, also helps raise awareness in the cost and work involved in growing fresh locally grown produce. In turn enables the pupils to develop an understanding of the environment in which we share with the surrounding wildlife and insect life, and the ever changing weather cycle throughout the year, and what effects it has on growing fruit and vegetables. It also tackles other issues such as Obesity claims, healthier lifestyles, and brings families and communities closer together.

Lesson Plans “Learning without Walls”?

These are our new LESSON PLANS titled “LEARNING without WALLS” – Series 1, for teachers and learners to follow.

They have been developed by an approved OFSTED inspector and have also been looked at by a number of Head Teachers with excellent feedback.  They are designed and formatted for Schools to follow, linking in with many current curriculum targets and subjects, based around “Growing” – Fruit, Vegetables, Herbs & Plants.

They can be used for All Primary Key Stages 1 and 2, as well as Secondary Education Key stage 3 and 4, year after year.

They are in Microsoft 2003 and 2007 format with a power point presentation along with the lesson plans to guide and follow you through the subject matter. They can be adapted and personalised to suit your requirements, enabling you to customise them.

There are 9 subjects with 9 presentations.  These are divided into 17 Lesson Plans as below.

  1. Mini Greenhouse
  2. Compost
  3. Roots & Shoots
  4. Soil v Hydroponics
  5. Germination
  6. Photosynthesis
  7. Speed of Decomposition (Compost)
  8. Extracting Starch
  9. Herb Garden covers lessons 9-17

The full disc containing all the above material is normally priced at £79.95 ($123.28 US) but as a special offer you can buy it now for just £49.95 ($77.54 US) including VAT and delivery within the UK. Outside of the UK their will be an additional £2.50 ($3.86 US) delivery.

Want to Know More?

If you would like to see what we are doing in the UK and England especially and how our schools and communities are growing their own fresh fruit and vegetables please view our site at www.digitprojects.com for more information.