About our project

From January 2008 the Good Gardeners Association has been given funding by the Ernest Cooke Trust to extend a recent pilot scheme.

We aim to introduce children to the idea that our treatment of soil alters the nutritional quality of the food we grow in it, which in turn affects our health and that of the planet.

This links in with many aspects of the National Curriculum and many current national iniatives.

The project is very flexible and has been run with KS 1 - 3 and in Steiner Waldorf schools. We provide a hands-on learning experience where the children have responsibility for their learning. For more info see "Calling All Schools" post.

Wednesday, 14 May 2008

What is soil? Horton 13/5/8

Today we did two experiments with soil. Firstly, we took soil samples from different areas of the garden and put them in jam jars with water. Next we shook them and then left them to settle. It was immediately clear that the different sized particles were separating out. We chose a good, safe spot outdoors and left them - we will check next week to see what has happened to the layers. THEN we got some more soil samples, wet them if they needed it and did soil-net's "Hand Texturing Experiement." Using their ID key we worked out what kinds of soil we had
at Horton. The children then did a really good job at discussing what soil is made from, and the need for many elements to be present to create a medium for plants to grow in. Good work!
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