Grades:
Kindergarten
In the "Jack's Garden Adventure" lesson, kindergarten students will develop an appreciation for nature and gardening through a combination of storytelling and hands-on activities. Starting with a read
Grades:
3rd Grade
The "Three Sisters" (corn, beans, and squash) is a traditional planting method used by many Native American tribes, including those in Southern Arizona. This method involves planting these three crops
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade
This lesson integrates mathematics when designing a garden tool. Students will be tasked with building a functional garden tool to use in the school greenhouse.
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade
In this lesson, we will learn about different methods for growing potatoes, as the pioneer farmers would have needed to test during the time of the settlers in the United States and Westward Expansion
Grades:
6th Grade
Students discover how plants and soils interact by observing root growth, considering the function of a plant’s roots, modeling the movement of water into the roots, and investigating the movement of
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade
This lesson is intended to teach students where seeds come from to grow fruits and vegetables. Students will participate in a seed investigation by reading a story and then finding seeds in various
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
Students will examine the pro's and con's of various types of vertical gardens and create fractional models of 3 gardens. They will select a garden to plant and provide their rationale.
Grades:
3rd Grade
Continue the exploration of fungi and harvest the grown mushrooms in the classroom, build a model of a chosen mushroom type, taste test and record observations of harvested mushrooms and apply the
Grades:
3rd Grade
Explore the world of fungi by exposing students to how mushrooms grow, the differences between plants and fungi, growing mushroom examples in the classroom, dissecting various mushroom samples and