TEACHERS K-8 GARDENING LESSON PLANS

Grow and Know with Montana Agriculture Science, Math, Reading, Communication Arts, and Art integrated lessons. (Listings by Grade Level, Title, and Montana Standards)

• A Grow and Know with Montana Agriculture Primary Reading List
(recommended books listed within primary grade level lesson plans)
• Grades K-2, Let Me Give You a HAND Planting - Math
• Grades 1-2, Tops and Bottoms - Science, Math
• Grades 2-3, My Tiny Seed - Communication Arts, Math, Science, Art
• My Tiny Seed Student Book
(a student journal to accompany My Tiny Seed Lesson Plan)
• Grades 3-4, Pulse of the United States - Art, Science
• Grades 3-4, "Sense"able Plants - Art, Science
• Grades 4-6, Let's Get Growing - Science, Math
• Grades 4-6, In the Zone - Science, Communication Arts, Math, Science
• Grades 4-6, Slice of Soil - Science, Math
• Grades 4-6, Stored Seed Energy - Science, Math
• Grades 4-6, Roots to the Center of the Earth - Geotropism - Science
• Grades 5-7, DNA Extraction - Science
• Grades 6-8, Potato Roots Shoots and Colored Containers - Science

Additional Gardening Curriculum Resources

• A poster set with examples of foods made from fresh ingredients grown on Montana farms.
• Click here for classroom gardening box assembly assembly.

CONTACT:

Lorri Brenneman, Agriculture Literacy Specialist
Montana Department of Agriculture
(406) 437-1906
Lbrenneman@mt.gov