School Garden and Nutrition Curriculum > Lessons > Summer Activities
Our seasonal approach to teaching bridges gardening, nutrition and science using standards-aligned lessons for the elementary school classroom and garden. Each lesson includes the applicable Colorado Academic Standards in science and comprehensive health with suggested extensions and modifications. Most lessons are one hour and include a healthy, kid-tested recipe that is appropriate for the classroom, topic and season.
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The garden provides a space for hands-on inquiry and self-discovery for students during the summer. Students will spend their time in the garden observing, creating, connecting with their community and nature, and literally getting their hands dirty. Academic enrichment comes with ease, as students are actively engaged in the process of growing healthy food.
- Bat and Moth
- Birdhouses
- Bug Patrol
- Container Crops
- Egg Carton Caterpillars
- Garden Drama
- Garden Stones
- Harvest Time
- Hide and Peek
- Insect March
- Joining Hands
- Leaf Rubbings
- Life on Land
- Muddy Madness
- Mulching
- Observations of Change
- Planting the Garden Beds
- Pollinators in the Garden
- Scavenger Hunt
- Seed Balls
- Seed Tapes
- Soil Scavenger Hunt
- Thirst Quenchers
- Weed Did It!
Last updated on February 21, 2012 by Denver Urban Gardens
