Curriculum Resources for Teachers

 

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The resources below are for use with and in support of the complete Green Bronx Machine Classroom Curriculum. Our curriculum is for sale to schools and community programs, non-profit organizations only. It is not for sale to individuals, not intended for home use, resale, re-packaging or for those looking to offer it to support / augment sales of any product or other services.

Garden Curriculum Overview

Additional Resources for the Garden Curriculum Overview
Standards Alignment, Curricular Components, Lessons, Supplemental Lesson Ideas, Planning for Success, Safety, Tower Garden Basics, Fuel the Machine

Week 1: A Fresh Start

Additional Resources for Week 1
Lesson 1: Sowing Seeds
Lesson 2: Measure What!?
Lesson 3: My Plant Journal
Digging Deeper: Journaling, Tower Garden: Vocabulary Wall, Interactive Journals, Up Close with Seeds, Time-lapse Photography and Digital Data, Rockwool: Amazing but Itchy, In The Kitchen

Week 2: Aeroponics!

Additional Resources for Week 2
Lesson 1: Tower Garden Puzzler
Lesson 2: Germination Calculation
Lesson 3: DIY Seed Packets
Digging Deeper: Journaling, Germination in a Bag, Class Blog, Customize Your Tower Garden, Staple Crops Around the World, Survey Your Families, In the Kitchen

Week 3: Know a Plant

Additional Resources for Week 3
Lesson 1: Plant Anatomy
Lesson 2: Hydro Math
Lesson 3: Dear Plant
Digging Deeper: Journaling, How Do We Use Plants?, What’s in that Light?, Genetically Modified Food Debate, Where in the World is Stephen Ritz?, Reading to Plants, In the Kitchen

Week 4: It’s in the Water

Additional Resources for Week 4
Lesson 1: H2Know
Lesson 2: Living Data
Lesson 3: Hooked on Ponics
Digging Deeper: Journaling, Visualizing Data Gallery Walk, Lunch with Ladybugs, The Water Crisis, Green School in the City, Filter It!, Recording Songs, In the Kitchen

Week 5: Conditions to Grow

Additional Resources for Week 5
Lesson 1: Acid or Base?
Lesson 2: Measuring Roots
Lesson 3: Dear Student
Digging Deeper: Journaling, Where to Grow?, Plant Infographics, Plantable Paper, Dear World, Feeding Time!, In The Kitchen

Week 6: Growing Up

Additional Resources for Week 6
Lesson 1: Green Leaves
Lesson 2: Solve My Problem
Lesson 3: Figuratively Speaking
Digging Deeper: Journaling, Predator-Prey Game, Be the Bee, Catch the Sun, Light Experiments, Innovative Commercial Gardening, In the Kitchen

Week 7: Choices We Make

Additional Resources for Week 7
Lesson 1: Healthy Choice
Lesson 2: Menu Math
Lesson 3: You’re Invited
Digging Deeper: Journaling, Nutrition Fact Comparison, Bullying Plants, Conventional vs. Organic, Electronic Invitations, Fruit or Vegetable?, In the Kitchen

Week 8: From Seed to Table

Additional Resources for Week 8
Lesson 1: Be Food Safe
Lesson 2: From Student to Entrepreneur
Lesson 3: Ode to the Tower Garden
Digging Deeper: Journaling, 3D Print It, Class Recipe Book, Food Celebrations Around the World, In the Kitchen

Week 9: The Cycle Continues

Additional Resources for Week 9
Lesson 1: Problem Solution
Lesson 2: How Have I Changed?
Lesson 3: Convince Me!
Digging Deeper: Journaling, SEED: The Untold Story, Data Crunching with Science Journal App, Word Clouds, Join a Larger Movement, Tower Garden Times, Learning Roadshow, In the Kitchen

Video Training

Additional Video Resources
Chapter 1 – Introduction
Chapter 2 – Curriculum Overview
Chapter 3 – Week 1: A Fresh Start
Chapter 4 – Week 2: Aeroponics
Chapter 5 – Weeks 3 & 4
Chapter 6 – Weeks 5 & 6
Chapter 7 – Weeks 7 & 8
Chapter 8 – Week 9: The Cycle Continues