New Zealand Schools OER Portal/Curriculum/Environmental Education/Produce Shield

Goal

 * To promote the growing of produce by children at home
 * To demonstrate the closed cycle of sowing, tendering, harvesting, eating and replanting

Two seeds were distributed at the beginning of term 4 to every pupil
The student instructions are: Seeds suitable for the competition are: beans, peas, potatoes, corn, pumpkin, melon etc
 * In spring/summer place a __________ seed in damp soil at a depth equal to that of the seed
 * Water it
 * Feed it compost or manure
 * Harvest
 * Have a meal and write down the recipe
 * In Autumn bring back your recipe, pictures and samples of your produce for use as seeds for next year

The Produce Shield Winner will need to:

 * 1) Demonstrate age appropriate skills (younger students will need greater adult assistance) in all three areas - recipe, plant growing (picture/photos evidence) and seed growing
 * 2) Create drawings or digital photos of their plant during its growing cycle on an A4 paper
 * 3) Write a child friendly recipe that is suitably illustrated on an A4 paper
 * 4) Return seeds in a recycled envelope with the name of the student and dated
 * Judges may be teachers, garden club members or an expert
 * Warrington School Bean Recipe Example