Curriculum Resources
Lesson Plans
- Color in the Garden
- Corn, an A-maizing Plant: Food, Fuel, and Plastic
- Dig 'Em Up
- Eating Plants
- Edible Numbers
- Fabulous Flowers
- Flower Power
- Freshest Fruits
- A Garden Plot: The Tale of Peter Rabbit
- Gardening or Farming in a Glove
- Growing Plants in Science and Literature, More Than an Empty Pot (Grades 3-4)
- Honey Bees: A Pollination Simulation
- How Does Your Garden Grow? (Grades K-2)
- How Much is Dirt Worth?
- Luscious Leaves
- Magic Beans and Giant Plants
- My Healthy Plate
- My Little Seed House and Seed Journal
- Peas in a Pod
- Powerful Potato
- Pumpkins…Not Just For Halloween
- The Rotten Truth
- The Seed Match
- Seeds, Miraculous Seeds
- Supreme Seeds
- Snappy Stems
- Terrariums: A Look at the Living and Nonliving World
- Types By Texture
- Understanding MyPlate
- Vermicomposting (Grades 1-2)
- Vermicomposting (Grades 3-4)
- What's in Soil?
- What's on MyPlate? (Grades 3-5)
- Why People Need Plants
Books
- Anno's Magic Seeds by Mitsumasa Anno
- Big Yellow Sunflower by Frances Barry
- Backyard Detective: Critters Up Close by Nic Bishop
- Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
- Carrots Grow Underground by Mari Schuh
- The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
- Compost by Gosh! by Michelle Eva Portman
- Compost Stew by Mary McKenna Siddals
- The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
- Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
- Dirt: The Scoop on Soil by Natalie M. Rosinsky
- Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables from A-Z by Lois Ehlert
- The Empty Pot by Demi
- First Peas to the Table by Susan Grigsby
- A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds by Jean Richards
- A Gardener's Alphabet by Mary Azarian
- The Giant Carrot by Jan Peck
- Green Bean! Green Bean! by Patricia Thomas
- A Green, Green Garden by Mercer Mayer
- Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
- A Handful of Dirt by Raymond Bial
- How a Seed Grows by Helene J. Jordan
- How Did That Get in My Lunchbox? by Chris Butterworth
- How Groundhog's Garden Grew by Lynne Cherry
- How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamara
- In the Garden with Dr. Carver by Susan Grigsby
- In the Garden: Who's Been Here? by Barrett George
- It's Our Garden by George Ancona
- I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child
- Jack's Garden by Henry Cole
- Jo McDonald Had a Garden by Mary Quattlebaum
- Josias, Hold the Book by Jennifer Elvgren
- Jump into Science: Dirt by Steve Tomacek
- Mrs. Spitzer's Garden by Edith Pattou
- Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming
- My School Yard Garden by Steve Rich
- Oh Say Can You Seed? by Bonnie Worth
- Oliver's Fruit Salad by Vivian French
- Oliver's Vegetables by Vivian French
- Our School Garden by Rick Swann
- Pick, Pull, Snap! Where Once a Flower Bloomed by Lola M. Schaefer
- Plant Secrets by Emily Goodman
- Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden by George Levenson
- The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller
- Rocks and Soil by Charlotte Guillain
- Seeds Go, Seeds Grow by Mark Weakland
- A Seed in Need by Sam Godwin
- A Seed is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston
- Soil! Get the Inside Scoop by David L. Lindbo
- Sunflower House by Eve Bunting
- Sylvia's Spinach by Katherine Pryor
- Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
- The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
- This is a Sunflower by Lola M. Schaefer
- The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin
- Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner
- Vegetable Garden by Douglas Florian
- What's in the Garden? by Marianne Berkes
- When Vegetables Go Bad by Don Gillmor
- Zora's Zucchini by Katherine Pryor
Activities
- Edible Plant Game
- The Great Pumpkin
- Is There Ever Too Much of a Good Thing?
- Pests, IPM, Poison Prevention, and You
- Ragdoll Test to Germinate Seeds
- A Seedy Fruit Challenge
- Sprouting Success
- Troubled Waters
- Weather Wisdoms
- What Do Plants Need to Grow?
Bulletin Boards & Posters
- Parts of a Flower Poster
- Parts of a Strawberry Plant Poster
- Plant Part Chart
- What is a Fruit? What is a Vegetable? Bulletin Board
Instructional Resources
- Botany on Your Plate
- Dig In: Hands on Soil Investigations
- The Growing Classroom
- Grow It Again
- Health and Nutrition from the Garden
- How to Shop for Veggies: Seed Selection Guide
- In the Three Sisters' Garden
- Junior Master Gardener
- Learn, Grow, Eat, & Go!
- Math in the Garden
- Soil Center
Kits
- Alfalfa Seeds
- Farming in a Glove
- Food Models
- MyPlate Activity Guide
- Fill MyPlate Game
- GrowLite
- Living Necklace
- Origami Parts of a Flower
- Pompom Punnett Square
- Seed Samples
- Seeds for Terrariums
- Soil Painting
- Soil Samples
- Soil Sample Box
- SpaceLite
- Three Sisters Seed Packet
- The Utah Garden Planner
Movies
- Apple as Planet Earth Animation
- Dirt: Secrets in the Soil
- How Mendel's Pea Plants Helped Us Understand Genetics
- Meet Farmbot
- Radish Seeds Time Lapse