Farms – Page 4 – Island Grown Schools

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.

Planning our Garden

OBJECTIVE Students understand the different growing needs of different plants, the difference between perennial and annual plants. Students will understand the benefits and challenges of an annual raised bed growing system. Students are able to. organize a planting chart for different annual crops based on their growing needs. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are the diverse components […]

Grade levels 9-12

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Farms, Gardens

Making Applesauce

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to describe the seasonal changes on a farm, from fall to winter Students will be able to identify different chores that are done on a farm in winter ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What happens on a farm in winter? What are the jobs on a farm in winter? How do we have […]

Grade levels Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Farms

Gleaning Introduction

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to infer what gleaning is based off of historical paintings. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What is gleaning? What is a food system? How do we create a community where everyone has access to nourishing food? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction: Tell students that they are going to explore two historical paintings that both […]

Grade levels 3-5

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Farms

Wet Felting Craft

OBJECTIVE Students will wet felt wool Students will process fiber ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Why do sheep live on farms? What can be made from wool? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Directions: FOLLOW UP & EXTENSIONS

Grade levels Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Farms

Curriculum Toolkit

Planning our Garden

Making Applesauce

Jobs of a Farmer

Gleaning Introduction

Garden Tools

Wet Felting Craft