Seeds – 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.

Introduction to Herbs

OBJECTIVE Students will use their senses to describe and identify different herbs. Students will understand the importance of herbs and will help to create/maintain the school herb garden. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are herbs? How do they grow? How can we use them? How can we identify different plants? MATERIALS Variety of herbsSign making materials for […]

Grade levels Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Gardens, Seeds

Planting Peas

OBJECTIVE Students will know how to plant seeds. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do we grow food? MATERIALS PROCEDURE Introduction: During circle, explain to students that since it’s spring, it’s time to start plantingseeds outside in the garden! The first vegetables that can be planted are peas. Review therules of the garden, and explain that first we’re […]

Grade levels Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Gardens, Seeds

Seed Saving

OBJECTIVE Students will go through the process of identifying and saving a particular type of seed. They will also understand the significance of saving seeds. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Why is seed saving important? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Extension Ideas:

Grade levels 3-5

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Seeds

Seasons and Light

OBJECTIVE Students will understand the role of sunlight in the change of seasons. Students will recognize the effects of light on plants. Students will be able to identify different types of plants and their different needs. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are seasons? How do seasons affect us? How do seasons affect plants? What kinds of tools […]

Grade levels Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Gardens, Seeds

Spring Seed Starting

OBJECTIVES Students will be able to explain what a plant breeder does, and know the definition of trait and variety. Students will understand that eaters and gardeners have the power to choose which kinds of crops continue to thrive. Students will know how to start seeds. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What does it mean to breed plants? […]

Grade levels 6-8

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Gardens, Seeds