From Chicken Little to Chicken Big
Grades K-2
Identify different breeds of chickens, examine physical characteristics, and learn the stages of a chicken's life cycle.

Desktop Greenhouses
Grades 3-5 & 6-8
Investigate the importance of light to plants. Create a desktop greenhouse to learn about photosynthesis.

Photosynthesis: Energy's Journey From Farm to You
Grades 6-8
Explore photosynthesis and discover how energy can flow through ecosystems to ultimately provide food for humans.

Kiss the Ground
Grades 9-12
View the 2020 documentary Kiss the Ground to consider the concept of regenerative agriculture as a tool to improve soil health and overall environmental sustainability.

“Mara Plants a Seed” by Robert Furrow & Donna Jo Napoli
By cleaning up an empty lot and planting fifty sunflower seeds, Mara begins to create a flourishing, wild garden—but she doesn't do it alone. Flying insects, digging worms, hungry birds, noisy neighbors, and other secret gardeners are working to help transform the lot into something even more beautiful than she imagined.

Desktop Greenhouses Kit
Do plants need light? Investigate the importance of light to plants by growing and comparing plants in light and dark desktop greenhouses. Kit includes clear plastic cups with lids, black plastic cups, black electrical tape, black card stock, Jiffy 7 peat pellets, alfalfa seeds, white 5mm LED lights, and 3-volt coin cell batteries for a classroom of students working in groups of two.

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.