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Check out the resources provided by Little Green Thumbs for tips and simple activities that connect gardens to core academic subjects. New resources are being developed and added regularly!
K-8
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Explore the schoolyard to create a tally of different plants/animals in the natural area. Students create a bar graph with the data collected. Wrap up: Compare student graphs, and discuss the purpose, benefits, and limitations of bar graphs.
*Includes labeled graph. “Make a Bar Graph Using Nature 2” includes an unlabeled version.
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Explore the schoolyard to create a tally of different plants/animals in the natural area. Students create a bar graph with the data collected. Wrap up: Compare student graphs, and discuss the purpose, benefits, and limitations of bar graphs.
*Includes unlabeled graph. “Make a Bar Graph Using Nature” includes a labeled version.
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Students break into teams and come up with three word problems involving something that can be seen in the nearby environment. The problems must be able to be resolved within a few minutes. Students must write the questions clear enough so that another group can understand what they are supposed to do and must be realistic enough that they can find the answer. Students must know the answer before handing the problems over to the other group. Wrap up: Discuss the problems and answers found by each group.
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Discuss musical notation and provide examples. Take the class outside and listen carefully to the sounds in the schoolyard; record the sounds on the activity sheet. Students will then describe the sounds heard using musical notation. Wrap up: Discuss the sounds and their relationship to different musical notes.
