Curricula and Activities

The Growing Classroom. Gary Appel and Roberta Jaffe.

A garden based science and nutrition curriculum for teachers Grades 2-6. 

Sowing the Seeds of Wonder: Discovering the Garden in Early Childhood Education. Perloff et al.

Life Lab KidsGardening.org. A guide for creating and nurturing a garden with students. 

Growing Food. Pamela Koch, Angela Barton, Isobel Contento - Teacher College, Columbia University.

Linking food and the environment for educators.

Garden Genetics: Teaching with Edible Plants. Elizabeth Rice et al. National Science Teachers Association. 

A two-part set, a teacher edition and companion student edition, is adaptable to biology students at all levels, including AP.

Junior Master Gardener Handbook. Texas Agricultural Extension.

Contains activities and facts to help children experience the joy of making things grow. Level 1: Grades 2-7 and Level 2: Grades 6-8. 

Harvest of the Month. UCSD Center for Community Health

Downloadable nutrition lessons to promote healthy eating and daily physical activity. 

Primarily Plants (K-3), The Budding Botanist (3-6), Field Detectives (3-6).

AIMS Activities Integrating Math and Science Lessons. Lessons based on observation and discovery learning. 

Three Sisters Garden. Sandy Baker and Casie Trace

Companion planting corn, beans and squash in a Native American garden.

Seeds of Change: Learning from the Garden. National Gardening Association

Activities to teach the origins of food we eat.

Gardens for Learning.

A Guide to create, sustain and use a school garden in California. Downloadable at CSGN.org