Curricula Getting Started has all the information you need to know to start a school garden. This book has ideas on how to stake your garden, how to elicit volunteers, community involvement and funding. Life Lab also has workshops that follow the Getting Started book. To learn more about the Getting Started Workshop , click here. The Growing Classroom is an easy to follow activity guide for grades 2-6.
Students explore concepts in science and nutrition with hands-on activities.
They create indoor and outdoor Living Laboratories for ongoing observation and investigations. The book is full of science activities designed for cooperative learning. You and your students explore a variety of topics including garden ecology, climate, growing conditions, nutrients, soil formation, and sustainable systems. Activities are rich in experimentation, data collection, analysis, and discussion. To learn more about the Growing Classroom Workshops , click here.