In this lesson students will explore the guiding principles that inform and define organic agriculture. Students will identify and discuss the four principles of organic before delving into the ecology of a garden.
The Edible Schoolyard resource library contains a wide range of lessons and program management tools to support educators and administrators in strengthening their edible education programs.
We believe that sharing and connection are a vital part of kitchen learning. As students explore their own kitchens, virtual platforms can allow students to share and connect across distance. In this curriculum, we suggest that teachers decide on one sharing platform for their class to use.
We want you to share what you are creating with your peers, teacher, or family members. There are a number of different ways you can share what you are creating.
This document is a teacher resource that accompanies the What is Organic? lesson plan. Our lesson titled What is Organic? focuses heavily on creating a space for open discussions.
In this sixth grade orientation, the Edible Schoolyard's garden staff brings visual aids and props into students' indoor classroom to introduce the behavioral expectations for their upcoming garden classes.
In this sixth grade science class, students will begin to understand the process of decomposition and learn about the organisms responsible for breaking down matter. Students will also begin to make the connection with finished compost as food for plants in the garden.
In this sixth-grade lesson, students experience cooking and eating outdoors. Instead of the usual Closing Circle in the Ramada, we enjoy fresh food and good conversation as we eat together at the long table to celebrate the last 6th grade garden class of the year.
In this sixth-grade science lesson, students explore and study flowers like scientists do, learn about and practice scientific drawing, label a flower's structures and their function, and discuss their findings, questions, and ideas.
