OSU Extension

Master Gardeners in the Class Room

Each OSU Extension Master Gardener classroom presentation actively involves children and their teachers in a guided, hands-on, 45 minute horticultural learning experience right in their own classrooms. Information is offered in a variety of ways so all children can learn from the visit. Presentations are available for children in grades K through 5. Requests for the programs are taken on a first-come-first- served basis. We are in the process of reviewing our program content and identifying how it ties with the PAS Skills. The programs without PAS Skill notations have not yet been reviewed. To schedule the O.S.U. Master gardeners for your classroom, or for more information, call the Tulsa County Extension office at 746 3701.

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The Good, Bad and Ugly

Seedy Side Show

Six-Legged Super Heroes

Soil Detectives

Something to Sprout About

Tree Time

Whirling Wings

Worms to the Wise

The Good, Bad and Ugly

The boys and girls learn to recognize a true "insect" by identifying its main body parts and learn the difference between insects and spiders. We teach them to regard stinging insects, the Black Widow and Brown Recluse spiders with caution (but not automatically with destruction). Suitable for grades K-2.

Seedy Side Show

The children learn about the diversity of the seed world through a classifying activity. With graphics and soft sculpture models, children learn that all seeds have the same major parts in common. They can identify the parts on their own "dissected" seed. They hear key words such as embryo, seed coat, cotyledon and germination. Suitable for grades K-2 and 3-5. Pre-requisite for Something to Sprout About.
Grade K; Process Standard 1:1, 1:2, 1:3; Grades 1 -2; Process Standard 1:2, 2:1, 2:2, 3:1, 3:2, 3:3; Grade 1; Content Standards: Life Science Standard 2:1, 2:2; Grade 2; Content Standards: Life Science 2:1; Grades 3-5; Process Standard 1:2, 2:1-2:2. 3:1, 3:3-3:4, 4:1, 4:2, 4:3; Grade 3; Content Standards: Life Science Standard 2:1, 2:2, 2:3; Grade 4; Content Standards: Life Science Standard 3:1; Grade 5; Content Standards: Life Science Standard 2:1, 2:2.

Six-Legged Super Heroes

We introduce the students to beneficial insects most common in our area. Through a video, photographs and matching games, they will come to understand that not all insects in the landscape are pests. Good for grades 3-5.

Soil Detectives

The children will learn about soil as the basis for all live on earth, the difference between "soil" and "dirt" and will hear such words as decomposition, organic matter, erosion and compost. Using a hand lens the children will detect the evidence of both organic and inorganic materials in a soil sample. They will conduct an experiment on the rate and volume of water that passes through different samples.
Grades 3-5.Grade 3; Process Standard 1:1, 1:2,2:1, 3:1,3:2, 3:3, 3:4, 4:1 4:2, 4:3; Physical Science 1:1; Life Science 2:3; Earth/Space Science 3:1, 3:2; Grades 4 & 5; Process Standard 1:2, 4:1, 4:2, 4:3, 4:4, 5:2, 5:3, 5:4; Grade 4; Life Science 3:1; Earth/Space Science 4:1 Grade 5; Physical Science 1:1, Life Science 2:2, Earth/Space Science 3:1

Something to Sprout About

The class learns that seeds "sleep" or remain dormant until the right conditions happen to "wake" them or trigger germination. Children learn the difference between a monocot and a dicot and sprout one of each. Through the follow-up observations with their teachers, the students see what happens with their own seeds. Suitable for K-2 and 3-5 with modification. Follows "Seedy Sideshow."
Grade K; Process Standard 1:1, 1:2, 1:3. Grades 1-2; Process Standard 1:1, 1:2, 3:1, 3:3, 4:1, 4:3 ; Grade 1; Content Standards: Life Science 2:1, 2:2; Grade 2; Content Standards: Life Science Standard 2:1; Grades 3-5; Process Standard 1:1, 1:2, 2:1-2:2, 3:1, 3:3-3:4, 4:1, 4:2, 4:3; Grade 3; Content Standards: Life Science 2:1, 2:2, 2:3; Grade 4; Content Standards: Life Science; 3:1, 3:2; Grade 5; Content Standards: Life Science 2:2

Tree Time

10 children will become a living teaching aid in introducing the main parts of the tree and their functions. The students will learn why trees are important to the environment and will be able to give examples of how trees are used. They will be taught how humans and trees are similar and different in their needs, examples that illustrate trees are alive and how to determine the age of a tree. Suitable for 3-4 grades.

Whirling Wings

A video and color photos aid in teaching an appreciation of butterflies and moths, how they are alike and different and the role they play in the garden. They are not only pretty and fun to watch. They are also important pollinators. Visual aids of sample flowers that attract both are used. Metamorphosis of both are discussed.
Grades K-2 and 3-5, with modification. Grade K; Process Standard 1, Life Standard 2:1 and 2:2. Grades 1-5; Process Standard 1, 2, 2:1, 2:2, 2:6, 2:7, 3:1,3:2, 4:1, 4:2 and 4:3

Worms to the Wise

The students learn about earthworms as "nature's plows." Basic worm anatomy is discussed, what they eat, how they live and the characteristics that make these underestimated creatures so valuable to farmers and gardeners. The children get up close and personal by observing LIVE worms from the Master Gardeners portable worm farms.
Grades K-2 or 3-5 with modification. Grade K; Process Standard 1:1, 1:2, 1:3,; Grades 1-2; Process Standard 1:1, 3:1, 3:2, 3:3, 3:4, 4:1, 4:3; Academic Student Skills Life Science Standard 2:1, 2:2; Grades 3-5; Process Standard 1:1, 2:1, 2:2, 3:1, 3:2, 3:3, 3:4, 4:2, 4:3, 4:1 thru follow-up with teacher; Grade3; Content Standards: Life Science 2:1, 2:2, 2:3; Grade 4; Content Standards: Life Science 2:1, 2:2, 2:3; Grade 5; Content Standards: Life Science 2:1, 2:2