
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:
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
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
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
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.
Mathematics and Science pdf | docx
Health and Wellbeing, Social Science and Creative Arts pdf | docx