School Garden 101 Series: School Garden Lesson Planning & Classroom Management [3.27.20]

This webinar has already taken place. You can watch a recording of the webinar below. 

Presenter: Calin Duke, Sustainable Nantucket

School gardens are powerful teaching tools, teeming with possibilities for hands-on and observational learning for students, but how can teachers fit garden time into their busy class schedules? On this webinar Calin walks us through how to plan a lesson in the garden, incorporating standards into garden lessons, and her approach to classroom management while teaching in the garden.

Scroll down to view list of curricular resources (below video).

Download the slides here.

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Curricular Resources

How to Make a Garden Dibble Video

Sustainable Nantucket Garden Lessons
Plant Life Cycle Lesson 
Seed Harvesting
Seed Planting
Lettuce Harvesting

LifeLab Videos
Life Lab is a national leader in the garden-based learning movement.

How Does It Grow Video Series
via True Food TV

Michigan Harvest of the Month Short Videos

Gardening at Home with Kids
Collection of Resources from HomeAdvisor.com

Simple Soil Science Test
via Fix.com

Dig Plant Grow
via Organic Gardening, garden-based education curriculum guide, suitable for home or school

¿Hay Verduras? 
desde Community Groundworks WI, un plan de educacion nutricional basado en el huerto de jovenes

Mass. Farm to School Curricular Resources List