Gardening in Our Warming World: Youth Grow! consists of an updated curriculum and unit-based Facilitator Guides for youth on Climate Change. It will complement the Cornell GBL adult “Gardening in a Warming World” with links to Youth Grow, Seed to Supper and 4-H activities. While activities...
This book focuses on helping 3rd-12th grade teachers facilitate scientific inquiry projects that are grounded in local places and environments. The book uses the Next Generation Science Standards to provide a strong conceptual and practical foundation for advancing community engagement in a...
SAGE is a free, garden based, outdoor learning curriculum that emphasizes physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption using the plant life cycle as a metaphor for the human body and is designed for 3-5 year old’s at Early Care and Education Centers. SAGE is adaptable and meets NAEYC...
Science skills are essential, and we believe nature education is for everyone — so we’ve created ready-to-go lessons and activities to help educators and parents facilitate exploration and learning. Explore the American Public Garden Association's Plant Heroes resources library of free lessons,...
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Project S.O.W. (Seeds of Wonder): Food Gardening with Justice in Mind, a food gardening curriculum for educators who work with young people ages 13-19, centering personal growth, community connection, and equity. In Project S.O.W., youth work together to investigate how to grow food, explore...
This innovative resource, created in partnership with City Blossoms, is informed by the work of their Youth Entrepreneurship Cooperative (YEC) program. It is complete with templates and tools to support anyone interested in connecting high school youth with gardens and entrepreneurship skill...
Developed by educators at Rooted, this is a short guide to getting started in the garden, for educators looking to begin gardening but overwhelmed by the amount of information out there! Plants Want to Grow includes a guide to climate zone maps, reading seed packets, and transplanting your...
School gardens are an integral part of farm to school programs and offer a multitude of educational opportunities. This fact sheet offers steps and considerations for starting a school garden, including: collaboration, goals and design, funding, planting, maintaining, supplies, curriculum and...
Celebrating Seasonality: Wisconsin-Grown Recipes for the Early Childhood Setting is a collection of twelve child-friendly recipes for the ECE setting that feature seasonal fruits and vegetables. These fun breakfast, lunch, and snack recipes promote the use of Wisconsin-grown produce in all ECE...
This K-5 curriculum from National Wildlife Federation was designed to engage students in learning about pollinator habitats, the connections between plants and animals, and our role in the environment. It is a placed-based curriculum which allows students to learn about biodiversity, ecosystems...