Exploring Texture in the Garden
Grades K-2
Explore living and nonliving things, determine how nonliving resources help sustain plant life, and experiment with visual arts techniques through an examination of texture in the natural world.

Color in the Garden
Grades 3-5
Use the art of soil painting to explore science and the natural world while learning about the color wheel, the importance of soil to agriculture, and why soils have different colors.

Hungry Pests
Grades 6-8
Learn about invasive species: what they are, the threats they pose, and damages they can cause. Identify individual pests and invasive species and discover what they threaten, where they live, and the pathways hungry pests use to enter new locations.

Fruits and Vegetables: The Right Pick for Vitamins and Minerals
Grades 9-12
Describe the farm-to-table process of common fruits and vegetables, recognize the nutrients fruits and vegetables provide, and evaluate methods of food storage and preparation for preserving nutrients.

“Under Your Feet: Soil, Sand and Everything Underground”
Encounter creatures of the deep and marvel at the mind-boggling size of the humongous fungus—the biggest organism in the world. Learn how one handful of ordinary soil contains more organisms than there are people on Earth, and carry out experiments using dirt from your own back garden.

Soil Painting Kit
This kit includes five soils that have been finely ground and sifted for use as paint pigments. Each soil is labeled with the name of the Utah county from which it was collected, the soil type and order, and the color of the soil classified by hue, value, and chroma. Use this kit with the Color in the Garden lesson plan.

NAITC School Garden Center

Discover a wealth of resources offering practical information about gardening, including engaging lesson plans and activities to integrate gardening into core curriculum.