School Garden Resources

Hands-on lessons and activities correlated to recent standards and core subject areas.

School Garden Resources

Hands-on lessons and activities correlated to recent standards and core subject areas.

School Garden Resources

Hands-on lessons and activities correlated to recent standards and core subject areas.

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GRADE LEVEL

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sixth

seventh

eighth

ninth

tenth

eleventh

twelfth

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COMMODITY

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Gardening

Environmental

Plant Nutrition

Nutrition

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Science

Language Arts

Math

Physical Education

Social Studies

Health

Art

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Gardening for Grades

Gardening for Nutrition

STEMming Up Gardening

Recipe Book

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STEMming Up Gardening

A comprehensive guide for Florida educators designed to integrate science, technology, engineering and math into a school garden.

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Gardening for Nutrition

A comprehensive guide for Florida educators designed to teach health, science, language arts, math and more using a school garden.

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Gardening for Grades

A comprehensive guide for Florida teachers to help plan, fund, create and learn with a school garden.

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2020 School Garden Recipe Book

The goal of this project is to expose students to growing their own produce and encourage healthy eating habits.

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2019 School Garden Recipe Book

The goal of this project is to expose students to growing their own produce and encourage healthy eating habits.

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Alternatives to Traditional Gardening

In this project-based learning lesson, students will read articles and view digital media to gather information about plant growth. They will learn about the...

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Activity: Creating a Plastic Tote Hydroponic Garden

To educate students about the hydroponic system where they will be able to compare and contrast the various aspects to traditional gardening.

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Activity: Design on a Dime

Students will be able to utilize reusable or biodegradable mate-rials to create sustainable gardening systems.

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Florida Irrigation

This lesson and associated experiments will introduce students to the reasons why irrigation is needed to feed the world and the different types of irrigation...

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Integrated Pest Management Part 3

Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMOs, are a very hot topic, but how much do you really know about the science be-hind them? Through science, farmers have...

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Greenhouse Technology

Students will use a greenhouse to germinate seeds and grow plants to better understand the science and dynamics of a greenhouse. For schools without...

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Hydroponic Vertical Farming: Helping Feed Our Growing Population

By 2050, it's estimated that 80 percent of the world's 9.2 billion population will live in urban areas. In this lesson students will gain an understanding of...

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Improving Mother Nature: Maximize Storm Water Runoff for Irrigation

In this lesson, students will learn about the specific needs of plants, design a rainwater irrigation system and test the effectiveness of the system. A...

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Learn About Decomposition by Creating Compost

Students, working in groups, will create a small composter, monitor and record the decomposition process, and reflect on the final product of decomposition in...

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Pest Management Safety: Integrated Pest Management Part 2

Pest management is needed in order to have a healthy and productive garden. There are many options for pest control. This lesson will show students the...

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Phun with Photosynthesis

Students will use light-sensitive beads to observe how sunlight can cause rapid physical and chemical changes in what it strikes. They will calculate the total...

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Plant Hormones and Tropic Responses

There are many hormones in plants and they all play different roles. In this lesson students will learn about hormones such as ethylene, gibberellins,...

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Plant Propagation

Plant propagation is the process of creating new plants from a variety of sources: seeds, cuttings, bulbs and other plant parts. There are several methods of...

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Soil Moisture and Soil Temperature

The lesson entails having students measure, record, chart, and evaluate the soil moisture and temperature of school gardens. Objectives: Measure and...

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STEMming Up Plant Nutrients

In this lesson students will identify and describe the functions of essential plant nutrients. This material assumes a basic knowledge of plant biological...

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What’s Bugging Me?: Integrated Pest Management Part 1

Pest management is required for all types of gardens. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is using more than one practice to control and prevent pests. In this...

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Lettuce Be Different

Students compare their own similarities and differences. They then grow and compare several varieties of lettuce plants to explore variations within the same...

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It All Begins With Soil

This lesson is intended for upper elementary, and middle school students. There is an additional lesson for younger students titled Soil Sort. Students examine...

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Inch by Inch, Row by Row

Students plan and map garden beds, using information about growth requirements for each plant. Objectives: Groundwork: Variable Exploration: 40 minutes Making...

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Feed Me — Nutritional Building Blocks

The difference between human nutrition and plant nutrients is often one of the concepts that students misunderstand. This is proven in documented errors found...

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Acid to Alkaline

Students explore pH with an emphasis on soil pH. This activity uses soils and vinegar solutions. Time: Groundwork: 45 minutes Exploration – Soil pH: 45 minutes...

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Yo Seeds, Wake Up!

The way we plant seeds is very important. If seeds are planted too deeply, the young plants can use up their food resources before they ever reach light and...

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What Are We Eating?

A significant reason to engage in gardening in schools is to teach students, and allow them to discover for themselves, how plants grow and what part of the...

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We’re the Producers!

The purpose of gardening within an educational setting is to utilize the garden as an educational tool. The garden and skills developed by gardening provide...

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Turning Over a New Leaf

Students examine variations in leaves and consider how leaf adaptations can help plants survive in different environments. Time: Groundwork: One-to-two days...

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The Roots of Food

This activity introduces what influences students’ own food choices and those of people in different cultures. Time: Groundwork: Time to read the book(s) plus...

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The Million Dollar Can o' Soup or Salsa

Students participate in creating a food product, identify and explain the steps in production, and describe the influence of those steps in the cost of the...

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Soil Sort

Young students become soil surgeons, dissecting soil and sorting its components and begin to discover its unique properties. Time: Groundwork: 45 minutes...

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Plan It, Map It

Using the information provided, students work with their teacher and resources available to plan their garden and employ math skills to do so. Time:...

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What We Eat - Part 1

Students will sort fruits and vegetables by examining plants - grown in the school garden, purchased in the market, or featured in models or pictures - into...

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My Garden, MyPlate

Students will become familiar with the foods they eat and healthy eating habits while learning about the MyPlate food categories. Objectives: Write...

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Salad Rap - Part 1

Students create a rap song/chant and dance promoting the components of their favorite salad, and use chant as a device to remember that plants do not eat and...

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Vegetable Relay

Students will match vegetable seeds with the vegetable and learn a basic food fact about each then participate in a relay. Objectives: Identify...

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A Rainbow of Nutrition

Students will research foods made from plant families (with support as needed), identify family members and common nutrients and create artwork of one family...

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Garden Art

Students will be introduced to artists and their work in order to prepare them to create their own garden art or still life portraits. Appreciating the beauty...

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It’s on the Label

Learning to read and utilize food labels and information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, students will compare nutritional value and caloric content...

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My Meal Choices

Student will collect personal meal consumption data, align those foods to the food guide food groups, and cross reference that information with the MyPlate to...

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Nutrient Tally

Using the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “Nutrient Database,” the students will compete to predict which vegetables or fruits grown in the school garden...

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What We Eat - Part 2

Students will sort fruits and vegetables (by examining plants grown in the school garden, purchased in the market, or featured in models or pictures) into the...

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Salad Rap - Part 2

Students create a rap song or chant and dance containing and promoting the components of their favorite salad as well as use chant as a device to remember that...

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Energy In/Energy Out

Students will evaluate their meal selections, determine the caloric content and evaluate eating and exercise options to maintain a healthy weight. Objectives:...

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The Nutrient Database

USDA’s “Nutrient Database” will be the focus of research to identify which foods contain necessary nutrients and which foods grown in the garden are most...

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In Search of Essential Nutrients

Students explore the meaning of essential nutrients, using periodic tables to compare the elements that are essential to people and plants. Students make...

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Survival Florida

Using a WebQuest, students will research foods grown in Florida and nutritional requirements of different age groups to determine if survival consuming only...

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Spice It Up

This lesson is a sensory exploration of the herbs and spices that create food scents and flavors with a mystery twist- geographic and cultural examination....

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