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Gardens of the World
Color the Flags
Hint:
Japan - A white field with a red circle in the center.
France - Red, white and blue vertical bars (the blue bar is by the flagpole, the red bar is farthest from the
pole).
United States - A red white and blue flag with 13 red and white stripes (red on the top and bottom) and
50 white stars on a blue field.
California - A white background with a red star and a red stripe at the bottom. The bear is brown and the
grass is green.
United Kingdom - A red cross with red diagonals in a white field on a blue background.
Italy - Green white and red striped flag.
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/cbk.html
Gardens of the World
Color the Butterfly
As you walk through the gardens, watch for this design.
In which garden did you find it? __________________
http://www.kinderart.com/color/butterfly.htm
Gardens of the World
Color the Ladybugs
http://www.multcolib.org/summer/art/blankladybugs.gif
Gardens of the World
Sun Maze
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/activities/maze/sunmaze.shtml
Gardens of the World
Color by Number
light green = 1
dark green = 2
red = 3
pink = 4
orange = 5
yellow = 6
purple = 7
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/colorbynumber/flowers/
brown = 8
white = 9
light blue = 10
Gardens of the World
Connect the Dots
http://www.cartooncritters.com/connectdots1.htm
Gardens of the World
Japanese Garden Vocabulary List
Bonsai Trees:
Pruned in special styles to look old, maintained very carefully so they can grow in
very shallow pots.
Koi:
Colorful, playful fish which, when reflected in the pond, looks like a drum.
Pagoda:
Stone pillars that are associated with Buddhism. The openings are used to hold
candles which are lit at night.
Stone lantern:
Stone lanterns decorate a Japanese garden, are next to paths and used to light the
way at night. They come in many different styles.
Stroll Garden:
Another style of Japanese garden that has paths that lead the visitor to many
changing views as he/she moves through the garden. For example, rounding the
corner, the visitor suddenly sees a waterfall.
Symbolism:
Symbols give meaning to an object, plant, or animal. For example, the two upright
stones in the Zen Garden could symbolize a man and a woman standing on the
shore of a river.
Viewing Stones (Suiseki):
Selected for their beauty and usually look like a mountain or have a very special
shape.
Gardens of the World
Hanging Japanese Fish
A simple-to-make Japanese hanging koi (goldfish) made
from paper and old magazines. This fish looks beautiful
hanging from the ceiling. A classroom full of them is quite
impressive!
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Construction paper
Old magazines, catalogs, colored paper scraps, and
aluminum foil scraps to cut up
Glue
Scissors
Stapler
Markers or crayons
Hole punch
2 to 3 Crepe paper streamers (a few inches long)
Some string or yarn
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Draw a fish on a large piece of paper.
Put a second piece of paper under this piece of paper. Cut
out two large, paper fish.
Cut out a lot of scrap paper and/or aluminum foil circles.
Use old, colorful magazines, catalogs, etc.
Decorate the fish's head, fins, and tail using crayons or
markers.
Glue the circles onto both sides of the body of the fish.
These are the fish's scales. (The fish is not symmetrical, so
be sure that you glue circles onto the fish in such a way
that when you staple the 2 sides together later on, the
scales will be on the outside.)
Staple the two sides of the fish together, stapling the ends
of crepe paper ribbons inside the tail.
Punch two holes on the fish's face. String some yarn
through the holes. You now have a hanging koi (a
Japanese carp).
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/japan/koi/
Gardens of the World
Garden Vocabulary List
annual:
living or growing for only one year or season.
aquatic:
growing in or near water.
climate:
the rainfall, light, temperature, wind, and other weather elements that are normal
to an area.
deciduous:
shedding or losing foliage at the end of the growing season.
dormant:
as if asleep; inactive.
environment:
the physical and biological conditions around a plant such as, amount of space in
which to live, climate, other plants, etc.
habitat:
the natural environment in which a plant lives.
irrigation:
to supply (dry land) with water by means of ditches, pipes, or streams; water
artificially.
nutrient:
a necessary ingredient for a plant’s growth and survival, such as, nitrogen,
phosphor or potassium.
perennial:
lasting or active through many years.
root:
part of a plant that generally grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant
and gathering nutrients and water.
topiary:
clipping or trimming of live shrubs or trees into decorative shapes, as of animals.
Gardens of the World
Plant Parts
Label the parts of the plant on the lines below:
(Hint: flower, fruit, leaves, roots and trunk.)
http://www.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/plantquest/parts.htm
Gardens of the World
Word Scramble Game
Unscramble the words below:
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anfuiton
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sargs
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baomob
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10. eprag
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(Hint: bamboo, flower, fountain, garden, grape, grass, koi, pond, rose, turtle)
http://www.teach-nology.com/cgi-bin/scramble.pl
Gardens of the World
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Gardens
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http://camtech2000.net/Pages/WordFind.html
Fish
Gates
Mission
Rose
Tulip
Gardens of the World
Crossword Puzzle
Across:
1. What is played in a Bandstand?
5. Flowering plant with thorns.
7. Where pizza comes from.
9. Flowers grown in Holland.
10. Fish found in a Japanese Pond.
Down:
2. Type of tree Washington chopped down.
3. What plants need to grow?
4. What wine is made out of?
6. Father Sera founded the first nine in California.
8. What has stars and stripes on it?
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