Maldives: Teaching activities for school gardens and sustainability

Teaching activities related to school kitchen gardens and sustainability are available for key stages 1, 2 and 3, spanning Grades 1 to 8.

Activities go across many subjects, including English, Science, Mathematics and Social Studies (History).

Each activity includes:

  • curriculum links
  • materials list
  • detailed instructions
  • key resources such as slides and student handouts are included where necessary.

See the curriculum mapping documents for further guidance on linking your teaching to gardening and sustainability.

English

Give and follow planting instructions  pdf  |  docx

Understand how meaning is created in picture books   pdf  |  docx

Use garden words to practice rhyming   pdf  |  docx  

Write an acrostic poem: Food   pdf  |  docx

Write an acrostic poem: Weather   pdf  |  docx

Learn gardening through story – Green Green: A Community Gardening Story   pdf  |  docx slides  |  worksheet

Sylvia’s Spinach Book by Katherine Pryor   pdf  |  docx PPT

Mathematics

Use data to plan a garden  pdf  |  docx

Science

Build a composter from a plastic bottle  pdf  |  docx

Construct a mini greenhouse  pdf  |  docx

Observe the role of light in plant growth  pdf  |  docx

Observe water transport in plants  pdf  |  docx

English/Science

Identify items for composting  pdf  |  docx

Anywhere Farm Book by Phyllis Root pdf  |  docx

English

Identify verbs for garden actions  pdf  |  docx

Write an acrostic poem: Weather  pdf  |  docx


Mathematics

Construct a pot pyramid for the garden  pdf  |  docx

Make a 3D model of a garden structure  pdf  |  docx

Measure the area and perimeter of leaves  pdf  |  docx

Measure the perimeter of garden beds  pdf  |  docx


Science

Grow seeds and record data  pdf  |  docx


English/Science

Identify items for composting  pdf  |  docx

Anywhere Farm by Phyllis Root pdf  |  docx

English

Prepare and deliver a persuasive speech about the value of a school kitchen garden  pdf docx

Write a creative story about a day in the school kitchen garden  pdf  |  docx


Mathematics

Plan and cost a garden bed  pdf  |  docx


Science

Measure photosynthesis with floating leaves  pdf  |  docx

Understand the process of photosynthesis  pdf  |  docx

Examine the role of micro-organisms in composting  pdf  |  docx

Explore the effects of farming on the carbon cycle  pdf  |  docx

Explore the effects of microbes on soil health  pdf  |  docx

Investigate the impact of soil pH on plant growth  pdf  |  docx

Investigate the role of pollinators in a school kitchen garden  pdf  |  docx

English/Social Science (History)
Investigate and value traditional garden wisdom  pdf  |  docx


English/Science/Maths

Participate in the garden-to-table challenge  pdf docx

Science/Maths

Compete in the ultimate growth challenge  pdf  |  docx

Maximise crop production in a school garden  pdf  |  docx

The primary syllabus has many affordances across key learning areas for linking teaching and learning to school kitchen garden projects. These mapping documents cover Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 (Grades 1 to 6) and draw on the Maldives National Curriculum Framework and the relevant syllabi.

English  pdf  |  docx

Mathematics and Science  pdf  |  docx

Health and Wellbeing, Social Science and Creative Arts  pdf  |  docx