OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
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| Lesson Title | Grade | Lesson Time | Prep Time | Lesson Summary |
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| A Healthy Plate | 2 - 3 | 45 min | 5 min | Students make their own MyPlate plate to classify foods and plan nutritious meals. |
| Brown Bag Lunch | 2 - 5 | 30 min | 10 min | Students use their understanding of a balanced meal to play a trading game called Brown Bag Lunch/ |
| Fruit & Vegetable Data Collection | K - 3 | 60 min over several days | 20 min | Students work together to keep track of the different fruits and vegetables they are eating. |
| Fruit Salad | K - 2 | 45 min | 30 min | Students will listen to the story Oliver’s Fruit Salad and discuss the importance of eating fruit, discuss different kinds of fruit, and make individual fruit salads. |
| Fruits and Vegetables with Tops & Bottoms | 2 - 3 | 45 min | 30+ min | Students listen to the story Tops and Bottoms and The Vegetables We Eat, discuss the importance of eating a variety of fruits and vegetables, and make a fruit salad |
| More Nutrients Please | 2 - 4 | 60 min over 2 days | 5 min | Students learn that foods contain nutrients and they will examine how nutrients get into their bodies through digestion. |
| Terrible Eater | 1 - 3 | 30 min | 10 min | Students listen to the story Gregory, the Terrible Eater and discuss (a) trying new foods, (b) eating in moderation(c) external pressures to eat certain foods, and (d) healthy and unhealthy choices. |
| Vegetables | K - 2 | 60 min | 30 min | Students listen to the story Oliver’s Vegetables and discuss the importance of eating a variety of vegetables. They explore and taste different kinds of vegetables. |
| Is it Ready? | K-2 | 40 min | 30 min | Students learn the terms ripe, under-ripe, and overripe and the benefits of eating foods that are harvested at their peak ripeness. Then students search the garden for examples of ripe, under-ripe, and overripe fruits and vegetables. |
| Eat the Rainbow | 1 | 40 min | 30 min | Students will go on a garden scavenger hunt to locate fruits and vegetables of every color of the rainbow. They will discuss how each color of fruits and vegetables specifically helps their bodies. Then, the students will plan to fill in their rainbow with at least one fruit or vegetable of each color, which they like to eat. |
| Lesson Title | Grade | Lesson Time | Prep Time | Lesson Summary |
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| Clogged Arteries | 3 - 5 | 15 - 30 min | 5 min | Students learn about preventing cholesterol in the arteries with this movement-oriented activity. |
| Color Card Perform and Switch | K - 5 | 5 – 10 min | 15 min | Activity break for students during any academic class activity. |
| Egg Hunt | K - 3 | 15 – 30 min | 20 min | Students take a fun movement break while working on basic reading skills as well as loco-motor movements. |
| Factor That | 1 - 5 | 10+ min | 15 min | Students take a movement break while working on math skills. |
| Heart Smart | 2 - 5 | 15 - 30 min | 5 min | Students will learn about strengthening the heart while performing physical movements. |
| Hop it Out | K - 5 | 5 – 10 min | 5 min | Students answer math equations by hopping in place for the correct answer. |
| Celebrate Take a Hike Day | 2 - 5 | 15 – 30 min | 5 min | Students go for a hike around the school grounds. They can use pedometers to calculate what it would take to meet the 10,000 daily recommended steps. |
| Recycling Relay | K - 3 | 10 - 20 min | 10 min | Students improve their loco-motor skills and learn about the importance of recycling. |
| Vocabulary March | 1 - 5 | 5 min | 5 min | Students practice vocabulary words while marching. |
| Slap Tap Math | K - 5 | 10 min | 5 min | Students take a movement break to work on math computation and number pattern skills. |
| Lesson Title | Grade | Lesson Time | Prep Time | Lesson Summary |
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| Clogged Arteries | 3 - 5 | 15 - 30 min | 5 min | Students learn about preventing cholesterol in the arteries with this movement-oriented activity. |
| Heart Smart | 2 - 5 | 15 - 30 min | 5 min | Students will learn about strengthening the heart while performing physical movements. |
| Recycling Relay | K - 3 | 10 - 20 min | 10 min | Students improve their loco-motor skills and learn about the importance of recycling. |
| Lesson Title | Grade | Lesson Time | Prep Time | Lesson Summary |
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| Counting Seeds | K | 30-45 min | 15 min | Students will explore four different seeds; recall what plants grow from them and which seeds we eat, then practice counting to 30 with a worksheet about seeds. |
| Greater Than – Less Than- Equal To | 1 | 30 min | 15 min | Students will compare kale plants in the garden, practicing their math skills of determininggreater than, less than, and equal to. |
| Factor That | 1 - 5 | 10+ min | 20 min | Students take a movement break while working on math skills |
| Fruit & Vegetable Data Collection | K - 3 | 60 min over several days | 20 min | Students work together to keep track of the different fruits and vegetables they are eating. |
| Hop it Out | K - 5 | 5 – 10 min | 5 min | Students answer math equations by hopping in place for the correct answer. |
| Slap Tap Math | K - 5 | 10 min | 5 min |
Take a movement break to work on math computation and number pattern skills. |
| Catching the Rain | 2 | 30 min | 15 min |
Students will measure rainfall in the school garden using a rain gauge. |
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Lesson Title |
Grade |
Lesson Time |
Prep Time |
Lesson Summary |
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K |
30 minutes |
10 minutes |
Students will learn what worms need to live and how to create garden compost through vermicomposting. |
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K-1 |
40 minutes |
30 minutes |
Students will learn about the cycle of seasons and how each season has unique weather characteristics that impact growth in the garden. Students will also learn why spring is important and will observe the changes that are happening all around the garden in the spring season. |
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1-2 |
40 minutes |
30 minutes |
Students find and classify contrasting objects in the garden, using multiple senses. |
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2 |
30 min |
30 min |
Students will observe, identify, and compare the animals and/or organisms they find in a compost or worm bin, and discuss the role decomposers (fungi, bacteria, invertebrates) play in the soil and their connection to recycling. |
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2 |
30 min |
30 min |
Students will learn that there are many types of garden insects. Each type plays a role in the garden ecosystem. Some are “good garden bugs;” others are undesirable in the garden. |
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2 |
30 min |
30 min |
Students collect and identify garden insects and learn about the different insects in a garden habitat. |
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2 |
30 min |
20 min |
Students will learn about pollinators and their adaptations, and match flowers to the kinds of pollinators they attract. Students will also observe different shaped flowers in the garden and the animals that visit them. |
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2 |
30 min |
15 min |
Students will measure rainfall in the school garden using a rain gauge. |
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2 |
30 min |
15 min |
Students will observe clouds in the school garden and construct a polytunnel to transmit more light to glowing plants. |
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2 |
30 min |
15 min |
Students will explore the many ways in which insects affect all life on earth. |
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2 |
30 min |
20 min |
Students will learn about the role of flowers in plant reproduction and disect flowers to learn their parts. |
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K |
30 min |
30 min |
Students will learn what a seed is, how a plant begins to grow from a seed, and the life cycle of a bean plant. |
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K |
30 min |
30 min |
Students will compare what snails and humans need to survive, and then plant a food source for snails. |
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K - 2 |
15- 30 min |
15 min |
Students will search for the coldest and warmest locations in the garden. |
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1 - 3 |
30 min |
30 min |
Through exploring soil, students use most of their senses to discover qualities of different components in soil. |
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3 |
30 min |
30 min |
Plants need light to grow. Students learn about the needs of plants, and compare plant growth when aluminum foil is used to reflect more light onto the plant. |
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| 3 | 45 min | 30 min | Students grow different varieties of the same crop to test their suitability to the school’s garden soil and climate. | |
| 3 - 5 | 30 min | 30 min | Students will learn about the role of earthworms in decomposition. |
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Lesson Title |
Grade |
Lesson Time |
Prep Time |
Lesson Summary |
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K-5 |
30 min |
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This lesson highlights the importance of service to our community as a part of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s remembrance and celebration. Teachers have the choice between three service activities for their class in the garden. |
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Lesson Title |
Grade |
Lesson Time |
Prep Time |
Lesson Summary |
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1 |
30 min |
15 min |
Students learn about different categories (classifications) of edible plants and then visit the school garden to find examples of plant families. |
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K |
30 min |
30 min |
Students will learn to identify different parts of plants and to categorize the edible parts of different fruits and vegetables. |
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1 - 3 |
30 min |
30 min |
Through exploring soil, students use most of their senses to discover qualities of different components in soil. |
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K - 2 |
45 min |
30 min |
Students will listen to the story Oliver’s Fruit Salad and discuss the importance of eating fruit, discuss different kinds of fruit, and make individual fruit salads. |
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2 - 3 |
45 min |
30 + min |
Students listen to the story Tops and Bottoms and The Vegetables We Eat, discuss the importance of eating a variety of fruits and vegetables, and make a fruit salad |
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1 - 3 |
30 min |
10 min |
Students listen to the story Gregory, the Terrible Eater and discuss (a) trying new foods, (b) eating in moderation(c) external pressures to eat certain foods, and (d) healthy and unhealthy choices. |
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K - 2 |
60 min |
30 min |
Students listen to the story Oliver’s Vegetables and discuss the importance of eating a variety of vegetables. They explore and taste different kinds of vegetables. |
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1 |
40 min | 30 min | Students will go on a garden scavenger hunt to locate fruits and vegetables of every color of the rainbow. They will discuss how each color of fruits and vegetables specifically helps their bodies. Then, the students will plan to fill in their rainbow with at least one fruit or vegetable of each color, which they like to eat. | |
| 1 - 5 | 5 min | 5 min | Students practice vocabulary words while marching. | |
| k - 1 | 40 min | 30 min | Students will learn about the cycle of seasons and how each season has unique weather characteristics that impact growth in the garden. Students will also learn why spring is important and will observe the changes that are happening all around the garden in the spring season. | |
| 1 - 2 | 40 min | 30 min | Students find and classify contrasting objects in the garden, using multiple senses. | |
| 2 | 30 min | 15 min | Students will explore the many ways in which insects affect all life on earth. |