Farms – Page 2 – Island Grown Schools

FREE FOOD WASTE DROP-OFF
- Drop off household food waste for free at the Island Grown Farm, Chappy ferry dock, and select Island transfer stations. Edgartown, Chilmark, and West Tisbury are currently accepting food waste drop off for free. The service is $2 for a five-gallon bucket at the remaining transfer stations.
- Free countertop buckets are available at all Island waste facilities and the Island Grown office.
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MOBILE MARKET
- Our Mobile Market will be on the road June through October delivering farm-fresh produce and eggs.
- Place your online order 24 hours in advance at mobilemarketorders.square.site.
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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.

Felting Activity

OBJECTIVE Students will have the ability to create from carded wool. They will gain hands-on experience fiber processing ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How does wool turn into felt? MATERIALS NEEDED Large bucket Hot water Soap, either liquid or flakes, not detergent Clean, carded wool (batting or roving) Colors make it exciting. Small rocks PROCEDURE Directions: Fill bucket […]

Grade levels Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Farms

Farm Vocabulary

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to identify the animals, tools, and machines on a farm based on different descriptions. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are the jobs on a farm? What are the tools used on a farm? What are the jobs of the animals on a farm? What does a farm do? MATERIALS NEEDED Farm Vocabulary […]

Grade levels Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Farms

Farm Jobs: Machines and Animals

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS 1-LS1-1: Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. OBJECTIVE Students will identify the various jobs on a farm. Students will make the connection between jobs that animals do, and jobs […]

Grade levels Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Farms

Farm Animal Introduction

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to identify different farm animals and describe their characteristics. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What types of animals live on farms? What do farm animals do? MATERIALS NEEDED Farm Animal Worksheet PROCEDURE Introduction:In circle: Review some facts that students know about farms from the KWL sheet. Ask the students to name as many […]

Grade levels Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Farms

Fall on a Farm: Apples

OBJECTIVE Students will explore what happens during the fall season on a farm. Students will understand why harvest season is so important, and they will be able to identify the jobs of farmers during the fall. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Where does food come from? What happens in the fall on a farm? MATERIALS NEEDED Book: A […]

Grade levels Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Farms