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Sustainable Agriculture

Students will learn about the art and science of growing food through a flexible online learning classroom featuring lessons taught by certified agriculture teacher, Farmer Katie on her educational farm and homestead.
Katie Donohoe
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This exciting class is designed to engage learners with content that will educate and empower participants to grow their own food. The flexible schedule allows learners to check the online classroom weekly, daily or whatever works best for their schedule. New content will be posted everyday over the duration of the class.  "Farmer Katie" will cover an array of topics that can be found in the learning goals. Educational content includes videos that have been recorded live the Growing Minds Non-Profit Educational Farm. Through the fun and engaging Flip (formerly Flipgrid) platform, students will interact with the teacher and other students. Video lessons filmed on the farm are typically about plants but there will be guest farm animal appearances as well. Guest animals include Princess Layla and her hen army, "Cheese and Quackers" - our friendly ducks and our Dwarf Nigerian Goats - Willy, Billy and Tina. Students are encouraged to conduct their own science experiment by sprouting their own seeds. They are encouraged to share the progress of their seedlings through pictures and comments. Through this interaction, students can "show off" their seedlings to Farmer Katie and she can answer any questions that they might have about their plants and the process. This optional side experiment leads to daily observations that further enhance the learning experience. Other interactive experiences in the self-paced class are digital scavenger hunts where students can share and find objects from the natural world and habitat in which they reside. Students can watch daily lessons and interact within the online classroom whenever it fits into their schedule. This course will cover not only the anatomy of plants but also sustainable techniques that can be used on gardens of any size. These principles of sustainable agriculture will add to the success of growing food in all spaces from one small raised bed to large market gardens. The information provided in this course will give students a deeper understanding of how plants work and how we can work with them to create sustainable and productive food production systems.
Learning Goals
Week 1 - What is Sustainability, Seed Starting and Heirloom Vegetables
Week 2 - Leaves, Soil Building, Compost and Organic Fertilization
Week 3 - Roots, Stems, Companion Planting and Crop Rotation
Week 4 - Flowers, Pollination, Pollinator Habitats and Pests in the Garden 
Week 5 - Soil Building, Crop Rotation, Perennial Plantings and Hugelkultur
Week 6 - Harvesting, Seed Saving and Record Keeping
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Parental Guidance
Flipgrid.com is a free platform which does require user to create an account. Flipgrid is a social learning platform that allows educators to ask a question through a video recording then the students can respond. Students can respond vis video or written response. This allows us to have the feeling of a classroom community while participating on a virtual flexible schedule set up to accommodate learners on different schedules and in different time zones.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
  • Flipgrid
Sources
There are no required supplies but If your child is interested in conducting their own experiments at home, pick up a seed starting kit and some seeds from your local garden center.
Joined March, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
South Carolina Teaching Certificate in Science
Farmer Katie is a certified teacher and principal that teaches K-12 students at the Growing Minds Educational Farm near Charleston, SC. This class allows students who do not live in coastal South Carolina to learn about growing their own food sustainably where ever they may live. During her time in the public school classroom, she won Rookie Teacher of the year for Charleston County School District which employs over 6000 employees and 50,000 students. 

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$9

weekly or $49 for 6 weeks
6 weeks

Completed by 1 learner
No live video meetings
Ages: 12-17

This class is no longer offered
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