Are you using gardens to teach?
During our Summer Institute: Using Gardens to Teach workshop we often refer to different resources to help teachers and other educators incorporate garden learning into their curriculum. Below are some of our favorite resources.
Resources for School Gardening:
Poughkeepsie Farm Project Online Learning videos
Gardens for Learning: Creating and Sustaining Your School Garden (California School
Garden Network)
A Guide for Creating School Gardens as Outdoor Classrooms
Creating Gardens of Goodness
Princeton School Gardens
George Watts Montessori Edible Garden (primary school)
RESOURCES FOR USING GARDENS TO TEACH MATH:
Planning Your Community Garden Plot
Math in the Garden (sample)
RESOURCES FOR USING GARDENS TO TEACH SCIENCE:
Outdoor Biology Instructional Strategies
Ingredients: A Documentary Film
Biodiversity, Food and Farming for a Healthy Planet
Garden Habitats (4th grade)
Eco-Inquiry: Up and Running: Test the effects of compost tea on plant growth
Pondering Plants (1st grade)
Soil Stories (2nd grade)
Garden Pollinators (3rd grade)
Botany on Your Plate (sample)
Observing Abiotic Factors in an Ecosystem (Living Environment Lab)
Observing Biotic Factors in an Ecosystem (Living Environment Lab)
The Effects of Abiotic Factors on Biotics in an Ecosystem (Living Environment Lab)
RESOURCES FOR USING GARDENS TO TEACH NUTRITION:
Poughkeepsie Farm Project Harvest of the Month Coloring and Recipe Book (bilingual)
Food Day School Curriculum
Got Veggies? A Youth Garden-Based Nutrition Education Curriculum
Fresh for Kids
Yes, It's Got No Strawberries Lesson
Cooking Matters
Cooking Up Healthy Choices
Discovering Healthy Choices
RESOURCES FOR USING GARDENS TO TEACH MULTIPLE SUBJECTS:
Poughkeepsie Farm Project Multicultural Children’s Literature in the Garden book list
Farm to School Youth Leadership (11th -12th grades)
A Handful of Seeds
Project Food, Land and People
Do you have a favorite resource that isn't listed? Contact us and let us know!