The Growing Classroom
Topic: plant science, edibles, nutrition, math, getting started, sustaining a program
Grade Level: K-2, 3-5
Location(s): Indoor, Outdoor
Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
The Growing Classroom
Curriculum Book
This award-winning resource book from gardening educators at Life Lab contains 480 pages of science, math, language arts, and nutrition activities that you can do with your students in the garden.
  • Amazing, content-rich guide contains 480 pages of lessons, activities, and resource materials
  • Diverse lesson topics from weather to food systems
  • Lessons are correlated to Common Core Learning Standards and Next Generation Science Standards

This award-winning resource book from gardening educators at Life Lab contains 480 pages of science, math, language arts, and nutrition activities that you can do with your students in the garden. Lesson topics include soil, plants, cycles, ecology, weather, nutrition, and food systems. This content rich guide also includes team-building and sensory exploration activities, organic gardening skills, and information on how to create and sustain a successful school garden program. The fourth edition added a new chapter on Healthy Eating, an expanded resource section on Cooking with Kids, over 25 student lab sheets for experiments, and more.

As a special feature, Life Lab has created a searchable online database that cross-maps each activity to Next Generation Science and Common Core Math and English Language Arts Standards.

View TWO sample lesson plans from The Growing Classroom, Seed Ya Later and Space Travelers.

KidsGardening Publications are sold through Gardeners Supply Company. Schools and educational institutions can receive a 25% discount off the regular retail price for items from Gardener’s Supply (discount cannot be applied on top of other discounts). To take advantage of this discount, you must contact Stephanie Gueldner by email or at 802-861-7127 or 888-560-1037. Please mention source code KGO2021.

Don't miss Christine's In the Weeds episode featuring this book!

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