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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.

Plant Reproduction

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS 8.MS-LS3-1 8.MS-LS3-2 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 can humans intervene in plant reproduction to manipulate plant genetics? MATERIALS NEEDED Asexual reproduction:Succulent plants / geraniums / begonias or cuttings donated from […]

Grade levels 6-8, 9-12

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Seeds

Growing Paperwhites

OBJECTIVE Students will understand growth over time Students will practice being able to translate what they see onto paper ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What is a bulb? What does a plant need to grow? MATERIALS NEEDED Paperwhite bulbs, clear plastic container at least 6 inches deep, large rocks or gravel, watering can, printed bulb observation sheets, an […]

Grade levels Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Seeds

Fruit Dissection

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS 1-LS1-1 1-LS3-1 OBJECTIVE Students will understand the concept of fruit as anything with seeds in it. Students will infer that the size of a fruit does not indicate the size or amount of seeds. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Where do seeds come from? How are seeds and fruits different from one another? MATERIALS NEEDED […]

Grade levels Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Math, 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 NEEDED Pea seeds, hand rakes, bagged compost (optional), watering cans (optional) 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 […]

Grade levels Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects

Island Grown Schools topics Gardens, Seeds

Preschool: Exploration, Observation, Wonder

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore OBJECTIVE Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are our favorite fruits and vegetables?Which foods help our bodies be strong?How do seeds grow?What do seeds grow […]

Grade levels 3-5, Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Math

Island Grown Schools topics Seeds

Curriculum Toolkit

Plant Reproduction

Growing Paperwhites

Fruit Dissection

Planting Peas

Preschool: Exploration, Observation, Wonder