Support your class’s 10 week, teacher-created curriculum project.
Through a linear set of academically-rich, proven lessons, students will love learning about plants, what they need, how plants provide for our needs and how a class can work together to provide for the garden.
The week-by-week resources listed below will support you and your students completion of the 10 weeks/2 lessons per week unit of study.
You can also register you class for free by clicking the link below. This allows JMG to know you are using the curriculum and we can better support your efforts!
Teacher Resources
The Resources below are referenced in Learn, Grow, Eat & GO! and support your class’s 10 week curriculum project.
Week 1 Resources
Know and Show Sombrero
Classroom project-able: PLANTS
5 Senses Food
Classroom project-able: I Love Strawberries
Classroom project-able: Sight, Smell, Touch, Sound, Taste
Week 2 Resources
Plant Parts We Eat
Classroom project-able: Roots, Stems, Leaves, Flowers, Fruit, Seeds
Plant part vegetable web links: resource 1
Service Learning Project: Plant Parts Canned Food Drive
Nutrients to Grow
Featured literature connection: Two Old Potatoes & Me
Week 3 Resources
Don’t Crowd Me
Find your County Extension office to for about local vegetable planting dates.
Paper Towel Gardening
Week 4 Resources
Home Sweet Home
Featured literature connection: A Place to Grow
Purchase a complete set of all featured LGEG books here.
Balloon Hot Potato
Week 5 Resources
Week 6 Resources
Veggie Research and Garden Graffiti
Go, Slow, Whoa Classification
Classroom project-able: Go, Slow, Whoa Definitions
U R What U Eat
Biggie Cheesy Kids Meal
Week 7 Resources
10 in 2 Color Box
1-Week Dinner Tracker
Classroom project-able: My Plate Visual
Week 8 Resources
How & when to harvest
Fruity Beauty and Blind Taste Test
Classroom project-ables: Apples Whole, Apples Cut
The Tasty Unknown Food Chain
Fruity Beauty Blind Test Worksheet
Featured literature connection: The Ugly Vegetables
Week 9 Resources
Research: More exposure to new foods the more likely people are to adopt those foods in their diet (coming soon)
Growing New from Old
Classroom project-able: Potato Geography
Link to tips on how to grow bumper crop of potatoes:
In the Home Garden, Growing Potatoes, Growing Potatoes in Home Gardens
Classroom project-able: How to Plant Potatoes
Find your County Extension office to learn about local vegetable planting dates.
Featured literature connection: Two Old Potatoes
Purchase a complete set of all featured LGEG books here.
Research
More exposure to new foods the more likely people are to adopt those foods in their diet
Greasy Grid Evaluation
Week 10 Resources
Planning for the off season? You might Solarize Your Garden
Kitchen Cotton Conversion
Classroom project-able: Conversion Chart
Menu Mind Makeover
Hunger Relief Organizations: Feeding America, USDA Supported Organizations, Plant a Row for the Hungry
Featured literature connection: I Will Never Eat A Tomato
Additional Resources
Recipes
Cinnamon Carrot Crunch, Crocante de Canela y Zanahoria
Red Leaf Lettuce Salad, Ensalada de Lechuga de Hoja Roja
Spinach Quesadillas, Quesadillas de Espinaca
Bok Choy Noodle Crisp, Tallarines Crujientes con Col China
Garden Skillet Sizzle, Sarten de Vegetales Humeantes
Mint Sugar Snap Peas, Arvejas Chinas con Menta
Grape Tomato and Cilantro Salad, Ensalada de Tomate de Uva y Cilantro
Easy Cauliflower & Broccoli, Coliflor y Brocoli Facil
Sunflower Spinach Salad, Ensalada Poderosa de Girasol, Espinaca y Acelga
Cheesy Broccoli and Grape Tomatoes, Pure de Papas y Brocoli con Queso
Serving Learning and Leadership Development
Plant Parts Canned Food Drive Resource Kit
Grow & Give Project – Plant a Row for the Hungry, Feeding America, No Kid Hungry, & Find Your Local Food Bank
Voluneers/Planning
Sample Volunteer Schedule (PDF)
Sample Volunteer Schedule (editable Word doc)
