Imagine picking a juicy tomato straight from the garden you helped grow — then turning it into tasty pasta sauce all by yourself! Sounds fun, right? Starting a school garden isn’t just about playing in the dirt (though that’s part of the fun) — it’s about learning cool science stuff, growing your own food, and becoming a master chef with the freshest ingredients around. Let’s dig in and discover how growing and cooking can be delicious and smart!

Creating a garden and cooking food from it connects to science in lots of cool ways!

When you grow a garden, you're learning how plants grow, which is part of biology. You find out what plants need to live, like sunlight, water, soil, and air. You also learn about pollination (how bees help plants make food) and life cycles (like seeds turning into full-grown plants).

Cooking food is like doing a science experiment! You’re changing the food by heating, mixing, or freezing it — that’s called a chemical or physical change. For example, when you boil water or bake bread, it’s science in action!

So when you garden and cook, you're being a scientist — observing, experimenting, and discovering how the world works!