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In the book Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson, the New Folks plant a large garden with many plants to help feed the animals that live nearby. The plants were a banquet for the animals and offered a great variety of food. Did they really need to plant so many things in order to take care of the animals? Do you know what the plants look like? |
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If you were planting a garden that measures 25' x 25' and there was room for only three kinds of plants to feed the rabbits, woodchucks, mice, moles and deer on Rabbit Hill, what would be the best choices? |
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Design a garden map using KidPix to show which plants you would include in the Rabbit Hill garden, and how many rows of each plant you would include. On your map, explain why you have chosen each plant and why you have planted each quanitity of plant. |
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Use this checklist for your garden map. |
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Which plants will feed more than
one animal? How many rows of each plant do you need? What will be the design of your garden? |
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Use this plant guide to find information about and see images of the garden plants for Rabbit Hill. |
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Use this planning
sheet to organize your information. Use graph paper to make a rough draft of your garden design. |
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Review your garden map checklist to make sure you have included all the information required. Share your drawing and explanation with your classmates. After everyone has shared their work, conduct a class discussion based on the explanations given about why each plant was chosen. Your class should reach a consensus about the best three plants for the Rabbit Hill garden. |