SITE CONTENTS
1. Introduction: What is this? AND SITE MAP/table
of contents
2. Sites for Kids--What do we
find in a garden?
3. Gardens 1--Exemplary NYC
school gardens
4. Gardens 2--Other school
gardens
5. For Teachers--Curricula
and activities
6. Resources--For prospective
and experienced gardeners and activists
Sites for Kids
What do we find in a school garden?
 PlantsTrees--A page for exploration Plants and Our Environment--Lots of info about plants and all their trappings |
Soil (and worms!) Soil Glossary--Index of the 1,500+ terms in the Soil Society of America's glossary A Wonderful Article--Learning to "see" soil and love soil Worm World at Yucky.com--Why do farmers and gardeners love worms so much? Vermicomposting--Info on using worms' love for compost material, and a fun game |
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Connecting Students--All kinds of links about rocks NY Hall of Science--Questions kids asked about rocks, and answers! |
 Insect Classification--a part of the online "Minibeast Museum" |
Earth Conditions/Weather Earth and Moon Viewer--See our place in the heavens. How does it affect gardens? |
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Exemplary New York City School Gardens
- I.S. 318 (Brooklyn):
- Project Roots Garden: An absolute marvel with lots of links
- John F. Kennedy High School (Bronx):
- Enchanted Garden: Another example of turning an empty lot into magic
Other School Gardens
- Glyndale Elementary (Brunswick, GA):
- West Valley Elementary (Sunnyvale, CA):
- Castlemont Elementary (Campbell, CA):
- Brookline Elementary (Pittsburgh, PA):
- Conestoga Elementary (Conestoga, PA):
- WEB School 71 (Buffalo, NY):
- Garden Connections (Virtual, mostly California, Texas):
- A site collecting e-mail information about various school gardens
- Life Cycle of a Plant--Lesson Plan for Third Grade
- Inside a Seed--Lesson Plan for K-2
- Acidity and Alkilinity--3rd grade lesson plan on Acid and Base
- Insect Hunt--Grade 3 to 5 Lesson Plan from BBG
- Soil Scavenger Hunt--Grade K to 2 Lesson Plan from BBG
- Habitats of the World--Upper elementary comprehensive Lesson Plan on habitats
- Pollination Parties--Upper elementary Lesson Plan on pollination and bees
- USDA Whiz Kids Activities--Lots of activities "connecting farm life to everyday life." Adobe Acrobat is needed to view activities, which have a clear political tilt
- Classifying Lesson Plan--from Franklin Institute, linked to their animal, plant families piece
- Communities and nature--Fifth grade lessons in units surrounding these topics
- Flowerweb--Search a database for almost any flower picture (click on "Flowerbase")
- A Gardening Book List--fairly comprehensive
- Life Cycles and Such--Big resource links site
- A Random List--of books and programs for children's gardens
- Trees New York--Exactly how many trees are there in NYC? Find out here.
- Life Cycle of Plants--an information page from a U. Tennessee-Martin course
- The Heart of the Earth--A teacher-made reference site for urban habitats and community gardens.
Information Pages
Resources for Gardeners
Grants, Programs, Ideas
- Children's Herb Garden--See how one successful garden got going
- Gardenweb--Resources such as trading of materials, seeds, etc. with other gardeners
- GreenThumb--the city agency responsible for so much greening
- Green Guerillas--resources and help for turning vacant lots into community gardens
- TPL's Children's Gardening Program
- Backyard habitats--"Basics" page: how to certify your habitat with NWF
- GardenGuides--A comprehensive planting how-to site
- Bay Area Gardener--an eclectic mix of resources, grants, programs for gardens for children
- City Farmer--Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture
Garden Information and Activism
- Trust for Public Land (TPL)--New York City updates page
- Treebranch--activism on behalf of threatened NYC gardens
- New York Restoration Project--Bette Midler project to garden-ize open spaces in Northern Manhattan
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden--many gardens include Children's Garden
- New York Botanical Garden--the world famous
- Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment--afterschool educational programs