Let's Plan! A Student's Guide to Growing Mushrooms
Pre-K and K
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- FTC-PEP · 2026-27
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- step-up-ftc-pep-2026-27 · v1.0.1
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- Official general rule
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- Review due · Low
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Product description
From popular children's gardening expert Leah Brooks, <em>Let's Plan! A Student's Guide to Growing Mushrooms</em> is an interactive, hands-on workbook that introduces children to the fascinating world of fungi through engaging activities and real-world observation.<br><br>This practical and engaging companion guide teaches students how to grow, observe, and harvest mushrooms grown on 'spray-and-grow' mushroom kits, available separately in MSS from Tower Garden.<br><br>With clear instructions, lesson plans, educational games, and science-based activities, students study mycology and explore the diverse kingdom Fungi, all the while building curiosity, observation skills, and scientific thinking.<br><br>Use this companion guide alongside 'spray-and-grow' mushroom kits available from Tower Garden and other vendors - purchased separately.<br><br>63 pages | This is a digital only resource.<br><br>Written for students, the book explains important concepts like mycelium, spores, and the mushroom life cycle in easy-to-understand language. Practice real science skills by making predictions, keeping observation journals, and completing fun activities and experiments.<br><br><strong>Students Will Learn To:</strong><br><ul><li>Set up and care for a mushroom growing kit</li><li>Understand the role of mycelium and how mushrooms form</li><li>Provide the right humidity, light, and airflow for healthy growth</li><li>Recognize growth stages from pins to harvest</li><li>Identify when mushrooms are ready to pick</li><li>Track observations and keep a harvest journal</li><li>Learn the basic anatomy of a mushroom</li><li>Understand the mushroom life cycle</li><li>Discover what spores are and how they spread</li><li>Create a real spore print experiment</li><li>Tell the difference between mushrooms and mold</li><li>Explore where fungi grow in nature</li><li>Understand the role of fungi as decomposers</li><li>Build science vocabulary related to fungi</li></ul>
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- FESUA_DailySkillBuilding
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- Unknown
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- Step Up For Students
- Applies to
- FTC-PEP · 2026-27
- Effective dates
- Jul 1, 2026 — Jun 30, 2027
- Source last modified
- Jul 14, 2026
- Reviewed by Navigator
- Jul 23, 2026
- Review due
- Aug 14, 2026
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