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Curriculum Toolkit
Over the years, we have honed in on priority curricular units for every grade level, preschool through 12th grade, that build on each other and provide a meaningful food education for the students we work with.
This Toolkit is the compilation of these units, along with their related teaching standards and sequence. We are constantly adding to this site, so please check in again soon for updates.

We designed this curriculum framework to help our students grasp the following key concepts by the time they graduate from High School:

Feel confident in making healthy food choices

Appreciate the farming profession

Know that everyone can grow food

Understand the connection between healthy soil, healthy plants and healthy people

Recognize a regenerative, local food system is inclusive and promotes a healthy ecosystem.

Apple Unit

OBJECTIVE Students will understand the lifecycle of an apple Students will be able to name some apple varieties Students will cook food with apples ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do apples grow? What can we make with apples? MATERIALS NEEDED Activity One: Activity Two: Activity Three: Activity Four: PROCEDURE Activity one Introduction: Explain to the group that […]

Grade levels Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Arts, Science

Island Grown Schools topics Farms, Healthy Eating

Flower Scavenger Hunt

OBJECTIVE Students will identify flowers based of their picture. Students will practice observation skills in the garden. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What flowers are growing in our garden? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction:At the table, ask the students to point out where the flower section of the garden is. Ask them if they remember why we grow flowers […]

Grade levels Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Arts

Island Grown Schools topics Healthy Eating

Curriculum Toolkit

Herb Sachets

Apple Unit

Flower Scavenger Hunt