{"product_id":"grow-and-multiply-designing-a-veggie-patch-years-3-4","title":"Grow and Multiply: Designing a Veggie Patch","description":"\u003cp\u003eGive multiplication and division a real-world purpose as students design a sustainable veggie patch for their school. Grow and Multiply: Designing a Veggie Patch is a complete five-lesson Years 3–4 Design and Technologies unit with integrated Mathematics learning and a culminating assessment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents investigate what makes a smart veggie patch, describe how food travels from farm to fork, and represent multiplication and division through arrays and equal groups. They compare garden layouts, respond to a courtyard design brief, plan and communicate a solution, test and improve their ideas, then present and evaluate their final design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe unit combines explicit whole-class teaching with printable sorting activities, games, worksheets, open-ended design pages and assessment materials. Editable PowerPoint files make it easy to adapt the teaching presentation and quiz to classroom needs, while seven answer or sample-response pages and a clear rubric support marking and feedback.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat's included\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e26-page unit plan PDF with the complete teaching sequence, printable resources and assessment materials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e40-slide editable PowerPoint teaching presentation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e22-slide editable PowerPoint quiz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e88 pages\/slides in total\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive lessons plus a culminating design assessment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeven answer or sample-response pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne assessment rubric\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eResource list\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. A Smart Veggie Patch classroom display\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Garden Needs Sort cards and sorting mat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Array Harvest Challenge game board and cards\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Food to Fork worksheet and answer page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Garden Arrays worksheets 1–2 and answer pages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Divide the Seedlings worksheet and answer page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Compare Garden Layouts worksheet and answer page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Veggie Patch Design Brief pages 1–2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Build, Test, Improve and Reflect pages 1–2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Present, Reflect and Review page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Courtyard Crop Challenge assessment pages 1–2 and sample-response pages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Grow and Multiply assessment rubric\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLearning focus\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents explore food production and sustainability; use arrays and equal groups to represent multiplication and division; compare garden layouts; generate and communicate design ideas; plan, make, test and improve a solution; and evaluate a finished design against criteria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eClassroom use\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse this resource as a five-lesson Design and Technologies sequence, an integrated STEM\/Mathematics project, garden-themed multiplication and division learning, small-group activity rotations, or an assessment task. The presentation supports teacher-led instruction, while the printable pages provide collaborative, independent and assessed learning opportunities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFormats, counts and answers\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003ePDF and Microsoft PowerPoint. The product contains 88 pages\/slides in total: a 26-page unit plan, 40-slide presentation and 22-slide quiz. Seven answer or sample-response pages are included. Open-ended design tasks are supported by the assessment rubric.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTeacher benefits\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA complete sequence from investigation to final design assessment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEditable presentation and quiz for whole-class teaching and review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReady-to-print activities, worksheets, game components and assessment pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntegrated Design and Technologies and Mathematics learning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnswer support for closed-response and sample assessment tasks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA rubric for evaluating the final design process and solution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDigital product and licence\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eDigital download only; no physical item is supplied. Licensed for use by the purchasing educator with their own classes. 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