In this lesson, students explore a greenhouse to examine seedlings at various stages of development. Questions are posted on an easel at the front of the greenhouse to guide students' exploration. As students find examples for each question they record their findings on...
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Place of Learning: Garden Classroom
Type: Lessons
Programs: North Country School and Camp Treetops
Grades: Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Students have been growing garlic since late fall to see how the growth responds to the amount of sunlight throughout the year. See attachment for directions.
Also attached is a math worksheet in the garden.
Place of Learning: Garden Classroom, Academic Classroom
Type: Lessons
Programs: Druid Hills Middle School Gardens
Grades: Grade 6
Building an International Garden
As part of our after-school tutorial ELL program, students have been preparing and building a garden.
Purpose: We will build a round vegetable and herb garden at school in November and December. We will plant vegetables...
Place of Learning: Kitchen Classroom
Type: Alternative Learning
Programs: Druid Hills Middle School Gardens
Grades: Grade 6
I gave students a pre-questionaire before we went to the organic farm as part of our farm to school grant we recieved from Whole Foods. I was able to see if students were influenced positively by the garden experience and for them to try to grow their own food and...
Place of Learning: Garden Classroom, School Cafeteria
Type: Lessons
Programs: Druid Hills Middle School Gardens
Grades: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
6th grade garden project science lesson
Objective: Students must find a potential place to build a pollinator garden bed based on data they gather in their group: shadow percentage of garden area and compass direction of flag shadow, length of flag shadow throughout the...
Place of Learning: Garden Classroom
Type: Lessons
Programs: Druid Hills Middle School Gardens
Grades: Grade 6
In this Edible Schoolyard Pittsburgh lesson plan, small groups of students are invited to brainstorm the needs of people and then the needs of plants. Next, students work together to fill mason jars (or large plastic cups) with soil and plant bean seeds. ...
Place of Learning: Garden Classroom, Academic Classroom
Type: Lessons
Grades: Pre-K, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2 , Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
In this Edible Schoolyard Pittsburgh fall/spring lesson plan, students are invited to practice their knowledge of compost "ingredients" by participating in a compost relay race. Teams of students work together to add "greens" (food scraps),...
Place of Learning: Garden Classroom
Type: Lessons
Grades: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2 , Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
In this lesson, students learn about the sugar maple and the syrup making process. Students visit a sugar bush where they identify distinguishing characteristics of the sugar maple and the components of collecting sap. In the sugar house, students take a tour through the...
Place of Learning: Kitchen Classroom
Type: Recipes
Programs: North Country School and Camp Treetops
Grades: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Students make journals from recycled and natural materials during the first farm education class of the Spring Term. After making the journals, students spend time in the garden finding a spot that interests them. At the end of every week's class this term students will...
Place of Learning: Garden Classroom
Type: Lessons
Programs: North Country School and Camp Treetops
Grades: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
As a tool to create more energy around the garden expansion, we used a "Name the Lacy Vegetable" Contest to engage the students and teachers. We assigned the creation and marketing of the contest to the newly formed Nature & Garden Club members. They...
Place of Learning: Garden Classroom
Type: Lessons
Programs: Francis Lacy Elementary School
Grades: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2 , Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5