Curriculum, Teaching Tools, and Other Resources
Curriculum Resources
Resource List for Teachers from Children in Nature Network:
Web Resources to help teachers use the natural world as a classroom.
CSGN Curriculum Page
Garden of Learning
Life Lab Curriculum
National Environmental Education Week's School Garden Curricula (K-12)
School Garden Weekly
Green ABC's—excellent list of curricula and lesson plan links
Our Growing Place—lesson plans for garden and kitchen based learning
USDA's Ag in the Classroom
Garden Mosiacs
Teaching Tools
Florida School Garden Competition
California School Garden Network
Life Lab (offer one day teacher training programs in San Jose and a full suite of CA Standards based curriculum)
ELSEE offers educational workshops and leadership training programs
Kids Gardening
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center's School Garden Teacher Training program
Other Resources
Center For Ecoliteracy's Downloads Page including a 51-page guide to getting started with school gardens.
Children in Nature Network
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations School Garden Site
Teach Outside (great resources pages)
OUSD School Garden Portal (pages for grants, teacher trainings, and schedule of garden council meetings)
Grants
Kids Gardening—Helping Young Minds Grow
Oakland Unified's Garden Grant list
CSGN's Grants page
Permaculture
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
Regenerative Design Institute
Urban Permaculture Guild
Merritt College Land and Hort Program
Food Justice | Urban Farming
Eco Village Farm
City Slicker Farm
Ghost Town Farm
Urban Adamah
Restoration
Golden Hour Restoration Institute
Save The Bay
Kids For the Bay
The Watershed Project
