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Healthy Lifestyle Initiative
School Gardening Resources Compiled by Bill McKelvey, University of Missouri Extension: McKelveyWA@missouri.edu
Planning a School Garden A Planning Guide for Edible School Gardens, Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Free • Planning guide that includes a few lessons • Major sections include Menu of Rationale for Edible School Gardens, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension’s “Children’s Garden in Which to Learn and Grow,” Planning Matrix for Edible Garden, Working with Children in the Garden, Edible School Garden Tips, Managing an Organic Garden, Additional Resources, Appendix, Green Teacher Activities, American River’s How-Tos.
Getting Started: A Guide for Creating School Gardens as Outdoor Classrooms, Lifelab Science Program, Designed and published by the Center for Ecoliteracy, Free • Major sections include Getting Started, Selecting the Site, Preparing the Garden Site, Meeting the Challenge, Keeping Your Garden in the Public Eye, and Understanding Nature’s Cycles.
Science Curriculum The Growing Classroom: Garden-Based Science, by Roberta Jaffe and Gary Appel, $31.95 • Extensive collection of lesson materials for grades 2-6. • Chapters include Getting Started; Let’s Work Together: Problem Solving and Communication; We Are All Scientists: Awareness and Discovery; The Living Earth: Soil; Growing; Living Laboratory: Outdoor Gardening; Cycles and Changes; Interdependence; Garden Ecology; Garden Creatures; Weather and Climate; Food Choices; Nutrients; Food Systems and Consumerism; and an Appendix with Black Line Masters, Gardening “How To,” Building Plans, Scope and Sequence, and English/Spanish Vocabulary List.
School Food Environment Nourishing Choices: Implementing Food Education in Classrooms, Cafeterias, and Schoolyard, $21.95 • Includes examples, suggestions, best practices, etc, rather than actual lessons. • Major sections include Getting Started, Nurturing a School-wide Food and Nutrition Message, Connecting Food Education to the Curriculum, Transforming the Lunchroom Experience, Project Profiles, and Food Education Resources.
Food Systems Healthy Foods from Healthy Soils, by Elizabeth Patten and Kathy Lyons, $19.95 • Lessons for Grades K – 6. • Major sections include Where Does Food Come From?, Choosing Food for Body and Soul, Putting “Garbage” to Work, and Let’s Grow our Own. • Uses Benchmarks for Science Literacy
Web sites • Major sections include Make the Case, Plan for Success, Create the Garden, Learn in the Garden, and Keep it Growing.
• Major sections include Our Garden, Our Kitchen, Classroom, People, and How To.
• Major sections include Grants and Resources, Digging Deeper (projects and lessons), and Community.
Programs/Organizations to Learn From • University of Missouri Extension Food from the Farm (Kindergarten). Contact Annette Triplett (TriplettAN@missouri.edu)
• University of Missouri Extension Eating from the Garden (Elementary). Contact Rachael Millsap-McGinnis (McginnisR@missouri.edu)
• Lee Expressive Arts Elementary School, with Slow Food Katy Trail, Edible Schoolyard and Farm-to-Table projects. Contact Bernadette Dryden at slowfoodkatytrail@yahoo.com
• Benton Elementary Harvest of the Month Program. Contact Jim Ronald (RonaldJ@missouri.edu)
• Southern Boone County Learning Garden Contact Lesli Moylan (sobocogarden@gmail.com)
• Gateway Greening in St. Louis
• Kansas City Community Gardens
Professional Development and Learning Opportunities • Gateway Greening in St. Louis
• Life Lab Science Program, Garden Based Learning Workshops and Training Center
• The Growing Classroom Training
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