Project-Based Learning

In this lesson, students explore asexual propagation through cutting and dividing a variety of plants. A table of plants have been selected to provide for the best results for use in any classroom.

Students find or design their own garden plan while using knowledge of geometry and shapes, with the potential of actually implementing the garden design in their school or community.

In this lesson, students learn how to use natural fertilizers and pesticides in their own organic vegetable garden. Students must determine what vegetables are best suited to grow in their area and select the appropriate location and soil.

In this lesson, students learn about plant parts, needs and characteristics through identifying and comparing seeds.  Students the design a garden using computer software and plant a garden that would support the growth of plants in the proper climate zone.

This complete online curriculum provides lessons, step by step instructions to set up a working indoor hydroponics system, planting advice, general hydroponics knowledge, nutrient information to meet the needs of plants, a history of hydroponics, classroom stories, and resources and suppliers. Lessons can be adapted for all grade levels.

This classroom project is an exploration of building life-giving humus. Students explore soil health by building a lasagna garden.  By marking off a garden area and adding layer after layer of compost, organic matter and high-nitrogen materials students explore the process of decomposition and learn the importance of nutrient-rich soil as a base for a successful garden.

Alliance to Save Energy's Green Schools Program trains to use a diagnostic toolkit that assesses the energy usage in their school. The school building becomes a learning lab for students to apply science, math, and even language arts to solve a global challenge.

This plan shows how to make a rugged and inexpensive classroom wind turbine that can be used for lab bench-based blade design experiments.

In this lesson, students collect data on energy usage and perform energy audits in a number of capacities. The results are then analyzed to see where the most conservation could be achieved.