Where Are the Gardens
in the Garden State?
Middle School Lessons on Sustainable
Agriculture
and Farmland Preservation
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Written by Loris
Chen
Seventh Grade Teacher
North Arlington Middle School
This nine week study skills unit contains
- 12 lessons that can also be taught individually
- pre- and post-tests
- 12 data sheets
- student readings
- reproducible maps
- answers to lesson questions
- glossary
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- Where are the people, and why are they there?
- Where will the people be?
- How dense is dense?
- What's a big county?
- What's growing in the Garden State?
- Where are the farms?
- How are soils, bedrock and farms related?
- What puts the green in Garden State farming?
- Why are farmlands on the edge in New Jersey?
- Can agriculture be sustained in New
Jersey? (sample lesson)
- Should state government help preserve farmland?
- Can we find common ground?
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| New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards supported
Science 5.1 ~ 5.10 ~ 5.12
Social Studies 6.1~ 6.3 ~ 6.4 ~ 6.6 ~ 6.7 ~ 6.8 ~ 6.9
Language Arts 3.3 ~ 3.2 ~ 3.3 ~ 3.4 ~ 3.5
Math 4.4 ~ 4.13
Workplace Readiness 2 ~ 3
National Geography Standards supported
1 ~ 3 ~ 11 ~ 12 ~ 13 ~ 18
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| Two other teacher resources
from the New Jersey and Sustainable Development Program in preparation:
The New Jersey Highlands and Watershed
Issues:
Interdisciplinary Lessons for Middle School
by Loris Chen
Civics and Science in New Jersey:
Secondary Lessons for a Sustainable State
by Paula Gotsch and Jeffrey Brown
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