Botany Curriculum Review

This unit was mainly hands on, but we did refer to a number of books for content to build our unit, or for artistic inspiration or for project ideas. Some activities we got to, and others we just didn't find the time or inspiration to do. But hey, by the end of the year (and really summer), it's hard to push through academics when the weather is begging you to come outside and the pool is cool and refreshing and the beach is just beckoning you. So, while I wished we'd completed just a few more lessons, we did pretty good with this unit, especially with all the outside work that we did in the garden. At this point, I'm going to punch holes in the lesson we did do and add them to the main lesson book we started last year. And when we get around to those last remaining lessons, well then, we can add those to this 'family' main lesson book at that point. Here's how we put together this unit: https://youtu.be/GovD4DUGW4A And here's how we lesson planned for this unit: The slow (real time) version: https://youtu.be/PonTiQSzEFs And the short (you're busy, I get it) version: https://youtu.be/wZloLAcpDrs Here's the complete playlist of all the Botany projects we did for our Botany Main Lesson Block: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRkqpuY8erY&list=PLJxUV0rOnlxw3-SjvfjdPrLIq5-5OoRoo Here are the Nature-Watch kits we've used and loved: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGwNg3Be_qg&list=PLJxUV0rOnlxyxxmkDoVQ32g74nvj7lgXm You can find more info on Nature-Watch at their website. Find me here: https://twitter.com/PepperandPine https://www.instagram.com/pepperandpine/ https://www.facebook.com/pepperandpine https://www.pepperandpine.com