CPF Learning Garden Lessons

The Captain Planet Learning Gardens Program encourages educators to consider the school garden as an extension of the traditional classroom rather than an extracurricular activity.  All Learning Garden lessons are tied to common core curriculum standards, encourage inquiry-based learning, provide hands-on experiential learning, and guide the teacher towards the next generation science standards.  Each lesson also provides an environmental stewardship learning opportunity.

The lessons provides an occasion for learning across multiple subjects including: math, science, health, social studies and language arts. This integrative approach breaks down existing boundaries between disciplines and provides an opportunity for students to apply critical thinking skills in a real world situation.

Table of Contents

Resources

Kindergarten Lessons

Kindergarten Pre- and Post-Test

Fall Into Healthy Shapes

Sense Of Place

Sorting Out Soils

All Kindergarten Lessons

1st Grade Lessons

1st Grade Pre- and Post-Test

Plant Parts Salad

Square Foot Fall Garden

George Washington Carver and the Sweet Potato

All 1st Grade Lessons

2nd Grade Lessons

2nd Grade Pre- and Post-Test

Adopt-a-Plant

Rotting Away

Help a Sister Out: Garden Companions

All 2nd Grade Lessons

3rd Grade Lessons

3rd Grade Pre- and Post-Test

Shape Shifters in the Math Garden

Solar Cooking Race

Worm Your Way Out of This

All 3rd Grade Lessons

4th Grade Lessons

4th Grade Pre- and Post-Test

Energy Flow in the Garden

Predicting Whether the Weather is Good for the Garden

Frog Garden Party! Toads and Triangles in the Math Garden

All 4th Grade Lessons

5th Grade Lessons

5th Grade Pre- and Post-Test

P is for Poppies

Which Plant is Which?

Voluminous Veggies in the Math Garden

All 5th Grade Lessons