Resources
These resources can be accessed online:
Arizona Cooperative Extension’s Agricultural Literacy Program for Maricopa County—Available on this site are lessons written by Arizona Teachers, activities, and programs.
cals.arizona.edu/agliteracy/
One notable program is the Project Food, Land and People. This project has produced 55 comprehensive lesson plans which have been aligned with Arizona’s Academic Standards. The lesson plans can be ordered through Project Food, Land, and
People (foodlandpeople.org/ordering/) or found here on the Cooperative Extensions website
cals.arizona.edu/agliteracy.flp.htm
Arizona Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom—Curriculum resources and help coordinating farm field trips
azfb.org/public/483/programs/aitc_field_trips
California Department of Education Nutrition to Grow On curriculum
cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/he/nrttogrow.asp
Kids Cook Farm-Fresh Foods
curriculum—cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/he/kidscook.asp
California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom, All Lesson Plans
learnaboutag.org/lessonplans/
WE Garden Resources
cfaitc.org/wegarden/
California School Garden Network—Gardens for Learning Guidebook, free downloadable pdf
csgn.org/store/gardens-learning
Center for Ecoliteracy
ecoliteracy.org
Center for Environmental Education
ceeonline.org
Classroom Earth: A National Environmental Education Foundation Program—The Classroom Earth Resource Library provides resources to integrate environmental education into K-12 education in the following subject matters:
Foreign Languages, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and The Arts
classroomearth.org/node/29
Cooking with Kids Inc—Based in Santa Fe, NM, Cooking with Kids works with public school students and teaches hands-on classes about cooking, nutrition, and food—Full curriculum and free educational materials available
cookingwithkids.net
Cornell Garden Based Learning
blogs.cornell.edu/garden/get-activities/signature-projects/
Eat Think Grow—An organization the provides support and K-5 curriculum for Farm to School programs in the Pacific Northwest
eatthinkgrow.org
Edible Schoolyard
edibleschoolyard.org/reources-tools
GardenABCs Lesson Plans and Curricula
gardenabcs.com/Lessons.html
George Watts Montessori Edible Garden—Lessons for Classroom and Garden aligned with North Carolina curriuculm standards for Lower and Upper Elementary grades
Lower Elementary growinggardeners.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/lcng_lower_el.pdf
Upper Elementary growinggardeners.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/lcng_upper_el.pdf
Granny’s Garden School—Lesson guides aligned with Ohio curriculum standards
grannysgardenschool.org/600-0-00-a-about-Lesson-plans.html
Green Teacher—A magazine that produces environmentally-minded educational resources. Sample activities and lesson plans can be found at
greenteacher.com/articles.html
and in Spanish at:
greenteacher.com/espanol5-12.html
Growing Minds, Farm to School—Applacahian Sustainable Agriculture Project program—Provides database of garden-based curriculum and literature
growing-minds.org/childrens-literature/
The Huntington Library—Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, CA—Garden Lesson plans can be found at
huntington.org/huntingtonlinrary.aspx?id=1710
Junior Master Gardener
jmgkids.us
Kids in Need Foundation Award Winning Classroom Projects—This collection of award winning classroom projects has curriculum available by subject and divided by grade. There are garden-related or garden-based projects in every subject, except for History.
kinf.org/projects/
LifeLab An organization dedicated to garden-based education
lifelab.org/for-educators/schoolgardens/
Lifelab.org/for-educators/gene/
Lifelab.org/2010/02/free-garden-science-exploration-units
Life Learning Academy Organic Opportunities curriculum on Gardening and Entrepreneurship, Culinary Arts, and Math/Construction
lifelearningacademysf.org/pdf/curricula/6.5_EarthCurricula_OrganicOpportunities.pdf
National Environmental Education Foundation, Environmental Education Week—K-12 School Garden Curricula selected due to alignment with state, national, and/or NAAEE educational standards
Eeweek.org/resources/garden_curricula.htm
Classroom projects
kidsgardening.org/classroom-projects
School Garden Activities
kidsgardening.org/school-gardening-activities
Lessons and Activity Ideas index
kidsgardening.org/lesson-and-activity-ideas#
National Organization Agriculture in the Classroom AITC has provided a number of resources including lesson plans and quizzes about agriculture on their website. Under “Teacher Center,”
lesson plans and quizzes (under “Ag-Knowledge” are available
agclassroom.org/teacher/
Nature’s Partners, Pollinators, Plants, and You Pollinator curriculum for 3-6
pollinator.org/nappc/PDFs/curriculum.pdf
Network for a Healthy California Northcoast Region
Garden-based nutrition education initiative lessons
northcoastnutrtition.org/garden=based-nutrition-education-27
Harvest of the Month
harvestofthemonth.cdph.ca.gov/download.asp
Nourish A food literacy initiative based in California. Middle School Curriculum guide aligned to national standards for Social Science, Science, Health, and Language Arts—Spanish Handouts available
Nourislife.org/teach
Outdoor Biology Instructional Strategies Inquiry-based science curriculum
outdoorbiolody.com/search/site
Smithsonian Education Not all of the lesson plans provided by the Smithsonian are garden-based or garden-related, however, you can search for curriculum by subject matter, grade, and Arizona Standards or Arizona Mathematics Common Core Standards.
smithosnianeducation.org/educators/index.html
USDA Food and Nutrion Service
Farm to School Program
fns.usda.gov/cnd/F2S/school_gardens_and_garden)curriculum.htm
Resource Library Grow It, Try It, Like It! Preschool Fun with Fruits and Vegetables garden-themed nutrition education
teamnutrition.usda.gov/Resources/growit.html
University of Arizona, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics General Biology Lesson Plans
biology.arizona.edu/sciconn/lessons2/lessons.html
Vermont FEED An organization dedicated to Farm to School food education, based in Vermont Classroom resources can be found at
vtfeed.org/tools (select “Classroom”)
Wisconsin Department of Health Services—Got Veggies? Garden based nutrition education curriculum created to increase student consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables
dhs.wisconsin.gov/health/physicalactivity/gotveggies.htm
Source: http://hungercenter.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Growing-School-Gardens-Nagin.pdf