Welcome to the Grade 3
garden design challenge
About this project
Design context
The principal has set you, class 3D, to brainstorm, plan, and design an exciting new school addition. Your dream sustainable garden! In the next 9 weeks you will come up with a digital design and present it to your class for them vote on.
Design Criteria
Using digital drawing applications such as paint.net or sketch.io you must create garden design that, 1) has at least two sustainable elements and, 2) considers harsh weather conditions, Let your creativity shine in your design!
Criteria 1: Your garden design must have two sustainable elements
But what are sustainable elements?
The elements you add will be evaluated as sustainable if they “improve the gardens impact on the environment”
Some examples of sustainable elements might include:
Compost bins
Mulching
Rain water catchment ​- reuse rainwater
Recycled material garden beds
Criteria: Weather proof
Criteria 2: Your garden design must consider harsh weather conditions
But how could this be done?
Water proof covers and shelters
Plant weather resilient plants
Raised garden beds
Useful links
Read these articles to learn more about how you can make your garden design sustainable
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Watch these stories to learn how these schools have made their gardens sustainable
KWL Chart
Our weekly schedule
Information for carers
Why are we doing this project?
We are doing this project as it various benefits for the students.
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1) It teaches them about sustainability and how to create solutions to sustainability issues.
2) They feel a sense of contribution to the school community.
3) They get to express creativity.
4) It is heavily linked to the Australian Curriculum's, digital technologies learning area, general capabilities (specifically digital literacy, critical and creative thinking, and literacy) and the cross curriculum priority sustainability. To learn more about the curriculum and how this is project aligns with it either contact or visit me or alternative click on this link to access the grade 3 digital technologies curriculum
What can you do?
This will be a school based project so it is not necessary for anything to be done at home, although it is always welcomed. The most important thing is attendance for the project lessons every Wednesday, every day counts :)
Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or if you feel your child needs further support.