FRESH Ideas

Feb 22, 2021

Seeds! Seeds! Seeds!

Is the rain (or mud) keeping you out of the garden? Use the Square Foot Seeds video to guide classroom (or at-home) preparation of radish seeds for properly spaced planting whenever you can return to the garden. All you need is paper towel, school glue and radish seeds. Review the lesson plan document for grade-appropriate… 

Feb 22, 2021

Teacher Spotlight: Jennifer Brazee

Jennifer Brazee has been teaching for 14 years and is currently a K-5 “Connect” teacher at North Kannapolis Elementary in the Kannapolis City School System. While a veteran of the traditional classroom, she describes herself as a novice gardener and outdoor educator. It was only 2019, when she started teaching outdoors. Her focus had simply… 

Jan 20, 2021

Virtual Lessons

As former classroom teachers, Amy Bowman and Doug Vernon understood the time and technology constraints that teachers faced as they juggled a new virtual classroom dynamic. Currently working as Extension professionals supporting STEM education at NC State’s Plants for Human Health Institute, these two embraced an outreach opportunity, first to develop videos that might be incorporated… 

Jan 20, 2021

Start Small: Microgreens

A couple years ago, we fell in love with microgreens as an indoor crop choice. First there were the practical reasons: The start to finish is as short as 7 days, It’s easy to offer individual, student-sized containers, They can be grown year round, even in mid-winter, without supplemental light, You can harvest multiple times… 

Jan 20, 2021

Starting Seeds

On the persistent cloudy, rainy days of winter, take an opportunity to plan for spring and get started indoors. Check out these videos for know-how and tips for success. Remember, you can check out the STEM To-Go playlist on our YouTube channel to find more videos. If you’d like to suggest a video topic, share your ideas… 

Dec 18, 2020

Sweet Potato Smoothie

Move over pumpkin spice latte, the sweet potato smoothie delivers the flavors of fall with a favorable nutritional twist. 

Dec 18, 2020

Tropical Smoothie

Adding microgreens can sneak in the nutrition of vegetables while enjoying only tropical fruit flavors. Close your eyes and imagine sitting on the beach as you sip this creamy tropical smoothie. 

Dec 18, 2020

Tropical Smoothie

Dec 18, 2020

Sweet Potato Smoothie