Welcome to the Kansas School Gardens Curriculum!
Welcome!
This curriculum is designed to support Kansas schools as they create and sustain school garden projects. Our vision is that Kansas school gardens will provide an integrated context for learning. A primary focus of this resource is to provide ideas and tools for educators that will involve students in all aspects of garden planning, planting, and maintenance. The activities in this curriculum are designed to complement regular school curricula with hands-on, interdisciplinary environmental education, providing tools and inspiration for educators to take kids outside and connect the wonders of gardening with reading, writing, math, art, physical education, science and social studies.
Thanks to all who contributed to this project!
Sponsors
USDA Specialty Crop Grant Program (through a sub-grant from the Kansas Department of Agriculture)
Kansas Association for Conservation & Environmental Education
Partners
Kansas School Gardening Coalition
The Community Mercantile
Kansas State Department of Education
Curriculum Writing Team
Beth Carreno - Bookworm Gardens, Sheboygan,WI
Nancy O’Connor - The Community Mercantile, Lawrence, KS
Lily Siebert – The Community Mercantile, Lawrence, KS
Dan Phelps – Professional Gardener, Lawrence, KS
Heather Teasley - Kindergarten USD 382, Pratt, KS
Mike Hotz - High School Science Wyandotte High School, Kansas City, KS
Kathy Talbott - 6th Grade Tomahawk Elementary, Overland Park, KS
Mandy Kern – Agriculture Hiawatha High School, Hiawatha, KS
Contributors
Project Managers
Ashlyn Kite-Hartwich - KACEE, Onaga, KS
Laura Downey, KACEE - Manhattan, KS
Melissa Arthur, KACEE - Perry, KS
Photo Credits
Lisa Stork
Nancy O'Connor
Ashlyn Kite-Hartwich