No. Lesson Location Grade Key Concepts
Fall
1 8th Grade Respect in the Garden Review Garden Classroom 6 – 8 Responsibility, Community, Orientation
2 Soil pH Lab Garden Classroom 6 – 8 Soil, Measurement
3 CHNOPS Garden Classroom 6 – 8 Decomposition
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ESY Berkeley Teaching Staff
Edible Schoolyard Project
Berkeley, CA

No. Lesson Location Grade Key Concepts
Fall
1 Respect in the Garden Garden Classroom 6 – 8 Classroom Culture, Garden Orientation, Behavioral Expectations
2 Card Hike Garden Classroom 6 – 8 Garden Orientation, Observation, Garden Names
3 Compost Lab Garden Classroom 6 – 8 Decomposition Compost, Living Soil
4 Bees Garden Classroom 6 – 8 Bees, Safety, Pollinators, Honey
5 Greenhouse Lab Garden Classroom 6 – 8 Climate Change, Greenhouse
6 Apple Cider Garden Classroom 6 – 8 Seasonality, Harvesting, Teamwork
No. Lesson Location Grade Key Concepts
Spring
7 Welcome Back Lesson Garden Classroom 6 – 8 Respect, Garden Work, Responsibility
8 Flower Discovery Garden Classroom 6 – 8 Structure and Function
9 Ancient Technologies Walk Garden Classroom 6 – 8 Ancient Technologies, Teamwork
10 Kale Pesto with Lemonade Garden Classroom 6 – 8 Harvesting, Community
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ESY Berkeley Teaching Staff
Edible Schoolyard Project
Berkeley, CA

ESYB Curriculum
In this final eighth-grader lesson, students celebrate their completion of the program by making wood-fired pizza and lemonade in the ESY garden.
Grade: 
6 – 8
Progression:
10 of 10
Standards:
Aligned
ESYB Curriculum
In this eighth-grade humanities lesson, students make broccoli macaroni and cheese and lemonade, and compare the proportion of consumer dollars that go to different players in the food system for from-scratch and boxed macaroni and cheese options.
Grade: 
6 – 8, 9 – 12
Progression:
8 of 10
Standards:
Aligned
ESYB Curriculum
In this eighth-grade garden class, students review how the 4B’s (Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible, and Be an Ally) can be applied in the garden and break into groups to work in the garden on different tasks.
Grade: 
6 – 8
Progression:
1 of 3
Standards:
Aligned
ESYB Curriculum
In this sixth-grade Edible Schoolyard class, students are welcomed back after the winter break to start the new semester. They discuss seasonality in depth and review how the 4B’s can be applied in the garden (Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible, and Be an Ally).
Grade: 
6 – 8
Progression:
7 of 10
Standards:
Aligned

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