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| + | Source: Marudam Farm School, Thiruvannamalai |
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| + | Objective: |
| + | # Learn the skill of identifying |
| + | # To understand the process of segregating and classifying |
| + | Age: All age groups |
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| + | '''Activity (I)''' |
| + | # Collect sticks of various thickness, lengths and branches of trees, shrubs, grasses, herbs, etc. that ''are fallen'' |
| + | # Segregate them for various requirements/needs |
| + | # Mulching for trees or plants |
| + | # Making stands, hangers with ropes and sticks |
| + | # Fire wood |
| + | # Brooms |
| + | # Fences, etc. |
| + | '''Activity (II)''' |
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| + | Collect dry leaves for mulching and composting. |
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| + | Note down: |
| + | # How was the soil below the leaves, wet or dry? |
| + | # Write down the colours of the leaves. |
| + | # What do you see in the pile of leaves? |
| + | Make a compost pile: |
| + | # Dig a pit - 1 ft, 1ft, 1ft |
| + | # Arrange big sticks in a square. |
| + | # Add the dry leaves and also vegetable peals, etc. in layers |
| + | '''Activity (III):''' |
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| + | Collect medicinal herbs and make a health drink. |
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| + | Make a list of medicinal herbs and collect them: |
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| + | amman pacha arisi, aruvamanaipoondu, keezhanalli, moo kutlipoondu, kuppamei, karporavalli… |
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| + | Example one: health drink for phlegm: |
| + | # Crush a handful of Kuppameni, Karpooravallai and Moringa leaf together |
| + | # Add 5 pods of garlic, one teaspoon of jeera, and ¼ teaspoon of pepper |
| + | # Grind it. Mix 5 cups of water to the paste. |
| + | # Children can drink this before lunch (½ a cup/glass is good). [The phlegm will come through the potty the next day] |
| + | Resource persons can be someone who has village background |
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| + | '''Activity (IV):''' |
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| + | We often think of fruits as banana, apple, grapes, watermelon. |
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| + | Collect fruits from trees, shrubs and plants (on roadsides, scrubby patches, next to your school, homes etc.) |
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| + | These are a list of fruits you could collect: |
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| + | jamun(naval), tamarind, lemon, narthangail, big lemon, guava, jackfruit, fig, palm fruit, kattuelanthai, vilvam, wood apple, perianellika, seetapazham, noongu |
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| + | Eat them raw, they are enjoyable, tasty and nutritious. |
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| + | Segregate them based on what you could make with them. |
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| + | Make jams, juices and pickles. |
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| + | Make a snack: |
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| + | Cut the fruit into pieces and dry them after adding salt/jaggery. |
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| + | Discussion- How do you preserve fruits? Make a health chart on the above fruits based on their nutritional value. |
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| + | '''Activity (V):''' |
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| + | Go to a scrubby patch near your house. |
| + | # Collect berries that you can eat. |
| + | # Name the fruits/berries. |
| + | nana berry, kala ka (sometimes you find peria kala ka in the market), kattuelantai, sudaly, sura pazham, ooty apple, mookusalipazham, nellika, etc. |
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| + | Taste them and segregate them based on their taste. |
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| + | Make a candy: |
| + | # Mix all the berries you have collected |
| + | # Melt 4 spoons of jaggery to a thick consistency |
| + | # Add the berries to the jaggery and dip sticks into the mixture. |
| + | # Cool it. |
| + | The candy is ready. |
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| + | '''Activity (VI):''' |
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| + | Collect seeds (which are seasonal) from the roadsides, your campus, open areas, hardens, parks. |
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| + | Here is a list of seeds that you could collect: |
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| + | neem seeds, tamarind seeds, pillaiyarkannu, poovarasan, ground nut, sesame seeds, chilli seeds, ilupai, manjadi, amanakku |
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| + | Segregate what you can grow into trees, herbs and shrubs. |
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| + | Make a mother bed for seed germination: |
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| + | '''Activity (VII):''' |
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| + | Collect all the things that are thrown in your campus .List them. |
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| + | Segregate them into “Reuse”, ”Recycle” and “To be composted and burnt”. |
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| + | Note: Remember you can burn plastic. |
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| + | Upcycling is a concept where you make a product out of trash and give in extra value . |
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| + | Making a baniyan (vest) and make it into a bag with knots on both ends. |
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| + | '''[[:File:Collecting, Gathering & Segregating.odt|Download module]]''' |