The Teacher Tool Box is a place where teachers can find new ideas for lessons they can use in their gardens.
Lessons are arranged by subject: math, social studies, science, language arts, and health.
The category called Basic Gardening Lessons includes lessons in a variety of subjects that teach the basics of gardening and plants. The Featured Lesson of the month is at the bottom.
Click on the pictures below to view the lessons.
Lessons are arranged by subject: math, social studies, science, language arts, and health.
The category called Basic Gardening Lessons includes lessons in a variety of subjects that teach the basics of gardening and plants. The Featured Lesson of the month is at the bottom.
Click on the pictures below to view the lessons.
Basic Gardening Lessons
Social Studies
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Math
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Science
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Classroom Management in the Garden
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Food Doesn't Grow
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How To Make A
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Kid-friendly Recipes
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From the Garden State to Your Plate
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Featured lesson for February
Where Does My Candy Come From?
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Just in time for Valentine's Day, we are featuring our lesson "Where Does Your Candy Come From?" Everyone loves candy, but do your students know where their favorite sweet treats come from? They come from plants, of course!
Pair your Valentine celebrations with some real learning by having your students investigate what their candy is made of and where it comes from. Your students no doubt will be surprised to learn that although their chocolate bar looks nothing like the green plant on the windowsill, almost all its ingredients come from plants!
The Learning Through Gardening power point that accompanies this lesson traces the origins of sugar - from both sugar cane and sugar beets - as well as chocolate, vanilla, and mint.
Encourage your students to trace the source of sugar to sugar beets in the Midwest and sugar cane in Louisiana, and chocolate to cacao beans in the rain forest. Then plant some sugar beets in your classroom. They can be transplanted right into your garden in the spring.
Download the complete lesson plan here.
Download the Where Does Your Candy Come From? power point presentation here.
Pair your Valentine celebrations with some real learning by having your students investigate what their candy is made of and where it comes from. Your students no doubt will be surprised to learn that although their chocolate bar looks nothing like the green plant on the windowsill, almost all its ingredients come from plants!
The Learning Through Gardening power point that accompanies this lesson traces the origins of sugar - from both sugar cane and sugar beets - as well as chocolate, vanilla, and mint.
Encourage your students to trace the source of sugar to sugar beets in the Midwest and sugar cane in Louisiana, and chocolate to cacao beans in the rain forest. Then plant some sugar beets in your classroom. They can be transplanted right into your garden in the spring.
Download the complete lesson plan here.
Download the Where Does Your Candy Come From? power point presentation here.
