Curriculum and Activities

Green Education Foundation connects sustainability education to gardens in fun ways. A wealth of information, broken into four categories: Curriculum, Garden Activity Center, Reading in the Garden, and Garden as an teaching tool.

http://www.greeneducationfoundation.org/greenthumbchallengesub/curriculum-and-activities.html


Growing Minds: Farm to School

Farm to school activities that incorporate national curriculum. Developed by Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project.

http://growing-minds.org/lesson-plans-landing-page/


Cornell Garden-Based Learning

Garden-based activities from Cornell University.

http://gardening.cce.cornell.edu/lessons-listed-by-type/


Comprehensive Pollinator Curriculum

The Pollinator Partnership has developed this pollinator-focused curriculum for grades 3-6.

https://pollinator.org/learning-center/education


Nature's Notebook Curriculum and Activities

Database of K-12 curriculum and activities developed by the National Phenology Network.

https://www.usanpn.org/educate/nn_curriculum


Lesson Plans

National Wildlife Federation's lesson plan bank with over 1,000 science-based plans. Most are K-8, but some are 9-12.

https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Educator-Tools/Lesson-Plans-and-Webinars


Pollinator Math

Grade 3-8 students will discover different types of pollinators while using math skills to calculate and problem solve. You may need to modify this lesson that was created by Longwood Gardens.

http://longwoodgardens.org/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/PollinatorMathGardens.pdf