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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.

Crop Planning

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to determine what seeds need and plan a garden ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS MATERIALS NEEDED Seed packets. Approx. 30 different crops.Index cardsCrop plan template (helpful to have on Google Docs, so students can workon it, and see it on the smartboard during class) PROCEDURE Introduction:Review the work we’ve done together in the […]

Grade levels 9-12

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Gardens

Plant Reproduction

OBJECTIVE To observe sexual and asexual plant reproduction by saving seeds (sexual) and cloning succulents (asexual) ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do plants reproduce sexually?How do plants reproduce asexually?How have seeds changed over time? MATERIALS NEEDED Asexual reproduction: Sexual reproduction: PROCEDURE Have the materials set out in separate stations for sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction Introduction: How […]

Grade levels 6-8, 9-12

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Seeds

Curriculum Toolkit

Crop Planning

Plant Reproduction

Foraging