Free Agricultural Classroom Resources are customized to be used as part of or to work along side of our programs.
STEM and Science … Agricultural …explains that some can compliment the programs and some are directly part of the programs search download and share.
This Resource is part of the School Garden Grant Program
Designed for: Grades K-12 For use by:
Students, Teachers, Parents.
Learning Styles: Interactive (hands-on), Classroom based
Resource Type: External Link
Here are some specific ideas for ways to use your garden as a multidisciplinary teaching tool.
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Designed for: Grades K-12 For use by:
Students, Teachers, Parents.
Learning Styles: Interactive (hands-on), Classroom based
Resource Type: External Link
School gardens are a significant investment of time, energy, and resources, so you want them to last beyond one growing season!
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Designed for: Grades K-12
Learning Styles:
Resource Type: External Link, Guide
In-depth advice from site selection to harvesting, including all the steps in between, plus fun facts about each plant.
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Designed for: Grades K-12
Learning Styles: Independent (student resource), Classroom based
Resource Type: Document, External Link
Find answers to commonly asked questions about starting plants from seed indoors.
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Designed for: Grades K-12
Learning Styles: Interactive (hands-on), Classroom based
Resource Type: External Link
Correct timing of both indoor seed sowing and outdoor seeding and transplanting is a crucial part of growing healthy plants. Here are some guidelines for sowing and planting.
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Designed for: Grades K-12 For use by:
Students, Teachers, Parents.
Learning Styles: Interactive (hands-on), Classroom based
Resource Type: External Link
The school garden offers a place to enrich teaching efforts with powerful hands-on experiences that make learning come alive.
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Designed for: Grades K-5
Learning Styles: Interactive (hands-on), Classroom based
Resource Type: External Link, Lesson Plan
Students observe, sort, and classify a variety of seeds according to different properties, and then take a journey inside a bean seed to predict and observe changes that occur during seed germination.
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Designed for: Grades K-5
Learning Styles: Interactive (hands-on), Classroom based
Resource Type: External Link, Lesson Plan
Creating a planting calendar for your school garden is an excellent way to help your students understand how weather and climate impact the life cycle of plants. An indoor seed-planting activity illustrates the effect of temperature on germination to help reinforce the importance of planting at the proper time.
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Designed for: Grades K-5
Learning Styles: Interactive (hands-on), Classroom based
Resource Type: External Link
This handmade, Earth-inspired paper is made with recycled paper and embedded with wildflower seeds — a fun and meaningful way to celebrate Earth Day and a beautiful gift for family and friends.
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Designed for: Grades K-5
Learning Styles: Interactive (hands-on), Classroom based
Resource Type: External Link
Gardening is a fun way for kids to practice fine motor skills. Doing tasks that require small movements and coordination of the hands, fingers, and wrists exercise the small muscles and joints and help them learn to work together to complete a task.
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