Interdisciplinary Agriculture Unit at Innovation Academy

Cross-curricular learning is in full swing at Innovation Academy of Northeast Tennessee. As part of a unit on the science of agriculture, eighth graders at Innovation Academy constructed and filled raised bed gardens. With the help of the UT Agriculture Extension, students were taught how to construct the beds and what mixture of sand and compost would produce the best results.Read more The post Interdisciplinary Agriculture Unit at Innovation Academy appeared first on Tennessee STEM Innovation Network.

Cross-curricular learning is in full swing at Innovation Academy of Northeast Tennessee.

As part of a unit on the science of agriculture, eighth graders at Innovation Academy constructed and filled raised bed gardens. With the help of the UT Agriculture Extension, students were taught how to construct the beds and what mixture of sand and compost would produce the best results.

Students read the novel  Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry , which centers around a community living through the Great Depression. They then created a fictional character from the book and wrote ten diary entries from their character’s point of view, supporting their entries with evidence from the novel. Students created iBooks from their entries, which they shared with each other through the iBook Library.

Cross-curricular STEM learning has deep roots at Innovation Academy.

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