Our goal for 2014 is to increase instruction in the Learning Garden. We are continually adding new resources and garden initiatives focused on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math). These include teacher workshops, lesson plan recommendations, and garden-specific advisement for schools. Through STEAM targeted instruction in the garden, our aim is to help students relate to real world situations and techniques. The below STEAM based lesson plans are aligned with the Common Core Standards as well as Next Generation Science Standards and are free, online resources for schools to use!
Science
All grade levels: STEM in the Garden Six lesson unit
Grades K-2: Crops 1, Where Does Food Come From and Crops 2, What Plants Need to Grow
Grades 2-4: What Do Plants Need to Grow 12 Lesson unit
Grades 3-5: Steer Towards STEM Five lesson unit
Grades 6-8: How Dirt Works Three lesson unit
Grades 9-12: Chemistry, Fertilizer and The Environment Five lesson unit
Technology
All grade levels: Plants and Textiles
Engineering
All grade levels: Growing UP (and around, and down…)
All grade levels: STEM in the Garden Six lesson unit
Art
Grades K-5: Dig Art! Cultivating Creativity in the Garden
Grades 2-3: Edible Plant Parts Nine lesson unit
Grades 4-5: SOLE: Science of Life Explorations
Mathematics
Grades 2-4: What Do Plants Need to Grow 12 Lesson unit
Grades 3-5: Steer Towards STEM Five lesson unit
This page is being updated everyday with new lesson plans, if you have any suggestions of great lesson plans for other teachers to use please email us at info@thekitchencommunity.org
