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Gardening with Your Students

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
By growing a class or school garden you can teach students about the environment, the life cycle of a plant, and healthy eating.
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Autumn Bulb Planting Outside - Making a Daffodil Spiral

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students plant daffodil bulbs. For this gardening activity, students work outside to plant daffodil bulbs in the autumn so that they can grow roots and emerge by spring.
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Food Labels

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students study Nutrition Facts labels. In this life science lesson, students explore Nutrition Facts labels, then determine and analyze the nutrients found in a variety of foods. Additionally students construct bug boxes used to collect...
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History in the Making: The Tortilla

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the history of the tortilla and extend the study across the curriculum. In this history of the tortilla activity, 4th graders research the background of the tortilla, determine the ingredients, and work with the...
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Lesson 12: Ho'olaulima: Let's Make a Hawaiian Garden

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders grow a classroom garden that acts as a living laboratory for cross-curricular activities. In this classroom garden lesson, 2nd graders follow directions to build and plant a garden that is used to teach math, science, and...
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Gardening

For Students Pre-K - 6th
In this Boy Scouts learning exercise, students complete 6 requirements associated with gardening to receive their merit badge. Students fill out the results of each task they complete on the lines provided for them on the worksheets.
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Native Plants at School -- A Garden Landscape Project

For Students 5th - 7th
In this native plants at school -- a garden landscape project worksheet, students design the landscape for a school garden by identifying native plants, creating a presentation and creating a plot plan within the budget.  This page has...
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Plant a Pizza

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students plant and maintain a garden. In this plant lesson, students are responsible for a class garden. Students video the growing process. Students also record the growth results on a class chart. 
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Seedfolks

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Students explore sequencing. In this sequencing lesson plan, students sequence events to analyze character actions as cause and effect or the plot of the story. Students discuss character actions and list them on a chart.
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Building a Mini-Park and Bird Sanctuary

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students build a list of gardening vocabulary from prior knowledge of gardens. In this gardening instructional activity, students understand the importance of gardens to humans and animals for food, shelter, and air. Students discuss the...
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What's in a Garden?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning activity, students plan a garden. Students write a paragraph in their journals giving their recommendation on how their garden should be laid out.
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Horticulture and Gardening

For Students 2nd - 6th
This 6 page information packet provides an overview of gardening and plants. Using this activity, students could design their own gardens, using math, science and writing skills. There are 30 questions involved.
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4-H Horticulture/Garden Activity Page

For Students 7th - 10th
As part of an exploration of plants, learners engage in projects to design greenhouses, grow vegetables, and other endeavors. This 20 question activity packet could be used as a classroom mini-lesson or as the start to a long-term project.
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Horticulture and Gardening

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this colorful packet, students engage in a variety of activities involving plants and seeds. After answering the 50 questions in the packet, learners can go on to delve into their own projects.
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4-H Horticulture and Gardening- Intermediate Learner's Page

For Students 6th - 8th
For this 4-H horticulture and gardening worksheet, students study how some of the food they eat is the stems, roots, leaves, seeds, and flowers of plants by completing a fill-in-the-blank activity and a word search page. They examine the...
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How a Pumpkin Grows

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this picture story pumpkin worksheet, students color and cut apart 6 parts of the story of pumpkin growing from planting the seed to eating pie. This could be used to sequence a story.
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Nutrition and Health and School Gardening

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine how healthy eating contributes to a healthy body and life style. They read nutritional labels on food items. They use the Five Foods Pyramid to evaluate their own eating habits. They plan, design, and create a school...
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Gardening in Containers

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students plant a garden. In this gardening lesson, students use containers to plant a garden. This lesson provides a good source of information for teachers who wish to begin their class's own container garden.
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Importance of Fresh Vegetables and Fruits in Our Diets

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students explore the importance of fruits and vegetables in our diets. In this science lesson, students discuss various types of fruits and vegetables. Students play the good health=good diet game. Students discuss types of fruits and...
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We Garden: My Life as a Fruit or Vegetable

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore agriculture by participating in a role-play activity. In this farm to fork lesson, students ask and answer questions as though they were a specific plant about to be eaten. Students write responses to critical thinking...
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Garden Starters

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students grow their own gardens. In this planting lesson, students use egg cartons to start their own gardens by planting and caring for seeds. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson to complement the theme.
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Special Seeds

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students create their own garden. In this gardening lesson, students get a packet of seeds and plant them in a special part of the garden. They are responsible for watering, weeding, and caring for their plants. 
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How Does Your Garden Grow?

For Teachers K - 4th
Young scholars discover gardening by documenting plants grown on school grounds.  In this botany lesson, students utilize digital cameras to capture images of plants on photo hikes which are turned into a slide show.  Young scholars...
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Container Gardening: A Rainbow Garden

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this container gardening a rainbow garden worksheet, students look in a catalog or garden center to find flowers in every color of the rainbow, then list the names of the plants.