Generic: 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, Technology, Social Studies and Agricultural Science.
Each activity includes:
- materials list
- detailed instructions
- key resources such as slides and student handouts are included where necessary.
English
Use garden words to practise rhyming pdf | docx
Write an acrostic poem: Weather pdf | docx
Learn gardening through story – Green Green: A Community Gardening Story pdf | docx | slides | worksheet
Mathematics
Use data to plan a garden pdf | docx
Measure the area and perimeter of leaves pdf | docx
Measure the perimeter of garden beds pdf | docx
Science/Social Science/English
Identify items for composting pdf | docx
Science/Social Science/Mathematics
Observe water transport in plants pdf | docx
English
Write and present a persuasive speech about the value of school kitchen gardens pdf | docx
Science
Measure photosynthesis with floating leaves pdf | docx
Explore the role of soil microbes in the carbon cycle pdf | docx
Identify the importance of pollinators pdf | docx
Agricultural Science/English
Understand the importance of organic farming pdf | docx
Agricultural Science/English/Social Science
Understand organic farming and sustainable agriculture approaches pdf | docx
Science/Technology/Mathematics
Maximise crop production in a school garden pdf | docx