Fiji: Teaching activities for school gardens and sustainability

Teaching activities related to school kitchen gardens and sustainability are available for Primary and Secondary grades.

Activities go across many subjects, including English, Science, Mathematics, Healthy Living, Social Studies and Moral Values.

Each activity includes:

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

English_Y1-2_Give and follow planting instructions  docx

English_Y1-2_Understand how meaning is created in picture books  docx

English_Y1-2_Use garden words to practice rhyming  docx

English_Y1-2_Write an acrostic poem-Food  docx

English_Y3-4_Identify verbs for garden actions  docx

English_Y3-4_Write an acrostic poem-Weather  docx

FLE-English_Y9_Understand healthy eating and living  docx

AgSci-SocSci-English_Y10_Understand organic farming and sustainable agriculture approaches  docx

Science-SocSci-English_Y1-6_What can I compost  docx

Science-SocSci-Maths_Y1-2_Observe water transport in plants  docx

Science-Social Science_Y3-4_Build a soda bottle composter  docx

Science_Y4-5_Do plants need light to grow  docx

Science_Y5-6_Mini greenhouse  docx

Science_Y7-8-9-10_Measure photosynthesis with floating leaves  docx

Science_Y10_Study the rate of germination  docx

Maths_Y1-2_Use data to plan a garden  docx

Maths_Y4_Construct a pot pyramid for the garden  docx

Maths_Y4-5_Area and perimeter of leaves   docx

Maths_Y5-6_Measure the perimeter of garden beds  docx

Healthy Living-Soc Sci_Y1-2_Basic composting materials  docx

Healthy Living-Soc Sci_Y4-5_Plastic bottle bird feeder  docx

Healthy Living_Y5-6_Growing food from scraps  docx

HomeEco_Y9_Understand the three main food groups  docx

Social Studies_Y3-4_Growing vegetables from food scraps  docx

Moral Values-Civic Ed_Y1-2_Build a soda bottle composter  docx