Science

Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere. Students can incorporate a mission to document local plants and animals into their garden or schoolyard projects.

Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning shows how the school grounds can become an enriching extension of the classroom, providing educators with practical suggestions and teacher-tested activities for using the most powerful audio-visual tool available: the outdoors.

In this popular anthology from Green Teacher magazine, readers will find step-by-step instructions for numerous schoolyard projects, along with ideas for enhancing learning by addressing the diverse needs of students.

This engaging curriculum uses a mathematical lens to take children on an education-filled exploration of the garden. Dozens of hands-on activities hone math skills and promote inquiry, language arts and nutrition. Appropriate for grades K-8.

Journey North engages students in a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change by allowing K-12 students to share field observations with classmates across North America. They track the coming of spring through the migration patterns of insects, birds and mammals as well as natural events. The website offers migration maps, pictures, lesson plans, activities and information to help students make local observations and fit them into a global context.

The Lost Ladybug Project is an effort to monitor ladybug species distribution across North America. The Lost Ladybug Project has developed a number of educational materials, including basic biology and identification information, lesson plans, games a coloring book and song. Students can also participate in the data collection by uploading photos of ladybugs online and documenting time, date and location.

Project BudBurst is a network of people across the United States who monitor plants as the seasons change; a national field campaign designed to engage the public in the collection of important ecological data. The website provides educational resources including classroom activities and guide for elementary, middle and high school teachers on how to engage their students in the data collection process.

Students design, create, and install a lasting piece of the school garden.  Through creating a pond habitat high school students are challenged to build a sustainable ecosystem from start to finish.  The lesson includes instructions for installation and information regarding the many forms of life found in a pond habitat and their relationship to one another.

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.

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.