Classroom Curriculum
A deeply engaging, whole-school curriculum that uses growing food to spark hope, expand opportunity, and drive academic growth.
Whether you are an administrator, a school leader, classroom teacher, homeschool director, daycare, or after school coordinator, our data-driven curriculum along with unlimited professional development has been proven to generate outstanding results all around the world.
Fully standards-aligned, all-subject curriculum
Green Bronx Machine's Classroom Curriculum is an immersive, whole-school curriculum that aligns the art and science of growing vegetables with daily academic instruction in all subject areas. This project-based, standards-aligned learning experience helps students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills as they explore, discover, and create their own ecosystems.
Easy to implement
Created by administrators and educators specifically for educators, each lesson plan and activity set is easy to implement and designed to fit seamlessly into school schedules, standards, and accountability structures. Each plan includes supplemental lesson ideas, student handouts, and assessment tools, such as rubrics, exit tickets, and reflective journals.
Proven, transformational results
of teachers report that the program exceeded expectations.
of teachers enjoyed hands-on and project-based learning.
of teachers saw an increase in social-emotional engagement.
of students want to repeat the program.
of students learned how to properly identify and display data.
of students now talk about healthy eating with their families.
of students actively ate more fresh vegetables.
Teaching all subjects through food
The Green Bronx Machine Classroom Curriculum focuses on Science, Math, and Language Arts, and easily extends to Technology, History, Art, and Cooking. Each plan includes supplemental lesson ideas, student handouts, and assessment tools such as rubrics, exit tickets, and reflective journals.
Transforming lives, one lesson plan at a time
Students from all walks of life are inspired to take pride in something they are building and cultivating, learning personal responsibility, entrepreneurial skills, and workforce development. And for students in high-need and low-status communities, learning to grow their own food can lead to personal and professional opportunities that can be nothing short of life-changing.
What’s included
9 weeks of daily, departmentalized, project-based, hands-on lessons.
Lifetime site license and comprehensive data management.
Cross-disciplinary, standards-based, fully differentiated lessons.
Online professional development and unlimited support.
All classroom materials and student activities.
Direct communication with Stephen Ritz.
Pre- and post-program evaluations, assessments, and exit tickets.
Video tutorials and more than 600 active links.