Berkeley Unified School District Gardening and Cooking Program

The Berkeley Public School Gardening and Cooking Program engages students with hands-on instruction in the garden. As part of the 2020 Vision and the District’s Integrated Wellness Policy, the Program is woven into student life District-wide to ensure the academic, physical, emotional, and health development of all students to affect three main areas of student learning from preschool through high school:

Academic Achievement:

No. Lesson Location Grade Key Concepts
1 Flowering Seeds: Winnowing Garden Classroom 3 – 5 Harvesting, Seeds, Winnowing
2 Plant Traits Garden Classroom 3 – 5 Plants, Anatomy
3 Botany on Your Plate Garden Classroom 3 – 5 Plant Anatomy, Harvesting
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Mia Villanueva
Longfellow MS
Berkeley, CA

No. Lesson Location Grade Key Concepts
Plants Need Light Garden Classroom 3 – 5 Photosynthesis, Chlorophyll
Leaf Functions Garden Classroom, Indoor Classroom 3 – 5 Structure and Function, Photosynthesis
Finding Chlorophyll Garden Classroom 3 – 5 Chlorophyll, Photosynthesis, Structure and Function
Contributor

Mia Villanueva
Longfellow MS
Berkeley, CA

No. Lesson Location Grade Key Concepts
1 Introducing Nitrogen Garden Classroom 3 – 5 Fixing Nitrogen, Soil Amendments
2 Decomposition Cycle Garden Classroom 3 – 5 Decomposition, Fungus - Bacteria - Invertebrates
3 Plants to Compost Garden Classroom 3 – 5 Compost, Soil, Hypothesis
Contributor

Mia Villanueva
Longfellow MS
Berkeley, CA

No. Lesson Location Grade Key Concepts
Flower Parts Garden Classroom, Indoor Classroom PreK – 2 Flowers, Anatomy, Biology
2 Weighing Our Harvest Garden Classroom PreK – 2 Harvest, Weight
Contributor

Mia Villanueva
Longfellow MS
Berkeley, CA

No. Lesson Location Grade Key Concepts
1 What's in Soil? Garden Classroom, Indoor Classroom PreK – 2 Soil, Decomposition
2 Compost Critters Garden Classroom PreK – 2 Compost, Decomposition, Fungus-Bacteria-Invertebrates
3 Worm Anatomy Garden Classroom PreK – 2 Worms, Decomposition, Compost
Contributor

Mia Villanueva
Longfellow MS
Berkeley, CA

No. Lesson Location Grade Key Concepts
1 Seed Sorting and Planting Garden Classroom PreK – 2 Seeds, Seed Storage, Planting
2 Tops and Bottoms: Edible and Inedible Garden Classroom PreK – 2 Seeds, Plants, Structure and Function
Contributor

Mia Villanueva
Longfellow MS
Berkeley, CA

Oxnard Union High School District Farm to School

Our Farm to School Program is designed for the students, by our students. Our mission is to ensure that students have access to good quality, fresh, and locally grown produce each day. We serve 17,000 high school students in Oxnard and Camarillo through 8 schools.

Horizonte Corporativo

Program started in 1 school, 50 students in 2013

Now is working in 18 schools, 4000+ students in Casma and Ica, Peru

Main objectives are environmental education, nutrition and pedagogy. By teaching organic agriculture, we try to make fresh and healthy fruits and vegetables available to kids, and the school orchard is a powerful tool for making pedagogy

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