From KidsGardening.org, this lesson encourages students to develop more diverse ways of describing everyday objects, processes, and events. The activity comes with a garden-based lesson for grades 2-8 but can easily be adapted for other ages. View Resource »
Preserving the School Garden Harvest
Drying your harvest is a great way to preserve your garden’s bounty to use throughout the winter — and a fun classroom activity as the weather starts to turn colder! This resources includes step-by-step instructions for drying a variety of foods, as well as some hints towards lesson ideas about the history of drying food. View Resource »
Easy Herb Butter
Expose students to the taste of herbs and allow for a discussion of how we flavor food. You can also make your own butter from heavy whipping cream, and discuss how food is processed (and why skim milk won’t work!). View Resource »
Parts of a Plant Roll-Up Recipe
This is great for discussing what parts of a plant we eat. Most students are surprised to learn they’ve been eating flowers (broccoli, cauliflower) for most of their life. It’s easy and simple way to get students to try raw foods. View Resource »
Decomposition Observation Bags
From KidsGardening.org, students examine the process of decomposition and consider how living and once-living materials decompose to become part of soil. View Resource »
