cross-curricular activities

Learning about Victory Gardens goes beyond community and can help your students explore everything from science to math to even art! The Classroom Victory Garden Project can be used across all the subjects taught in elementary school. The following lessons will just get you started using your garden to teach students every subject.

Mini Lesson Plans:
Food Bingo
Parts of a Plant – Science
A Vegetable Story – Writing
Food Pyramid – Science, Health
My Garden Map – Geography
Parts of a Vegetable – Science
The Mystery Seed – Writing
Drawing for Victory - Art

Extended Lesson Plans:
Growing With Gravity – Science
Mixing Up Dirt – Science
Plant Collage – Art
What Does a Seed Need to Grow – Science
How Do Stems Work? – Science