Berkeley Unified's Published Garden-based Learning Curriculum

[Jezra Thompson]

I'm excited to share the news with you all! We’ve developed a Garden-Based Learning Curriculum, © Berkeley Unified School District Gardening and Cooking Program, that directly supports BUSD learning and teaching goals. Each lesson is designed to be an interactive teaching tool, co-taught with classroom teachers and garden instructors as leads. These hands-on lessons 1) connect academics to real-world experiences; 2) include all learners; 3) invite curiosity; and 4) provide opportunities for reflection.

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“Garden is a magical place, great that kids get to see it develop over the year, do so many tastings, and activities in the packets are great. Instructor clearly loves her work and showing what she knows to kids.”
– BUSD Classroom Teacher

“We have 4 Garden Specialists who teach in 8 gardens from TK-8th grade. We use the Berkeley curriculum daily in our lessons. We have enjoyed many of the hands on activities and the “workbooks” which we have turned into garden journals. Some of our favorite activities are the water cycle, composition of soil, beneficial and non-beneficial insects (always a hit with the students) and FBI.”
– Garden Coordinator, Ukiah Unified School District.

“I can’t tell you enough how the curriculum has been a help and an inspiration to us. I love to garden, but I don’t have teacher training, so having rubric-based plans and ideas is SO helpful. Keep up the great work.”
– Seeds of Hope, Wilson, NC

Jezra Thompson, MS

Supervisor, Districtwide Gardening & Cooking Programs 

Berkeley Unified School District

1005 Parker Street

Berkeley, CA. 94710

510-486-9350

Pronouns (she/her)

We teach garden-based nature and nutrition education at all schools! 

We support the health and academic success of all our students!

[Shital Parikh]

Thanks for sharing. Will look into it and share in San Diego county 

 

Happy harvests

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Shital Parikh

Master Gardener, School Garden Consultant

"To plant a garden, is to believe in tomorrow" Audrey Hepburn

[Laney Cline King]

This is fabulous Jezra!  Thank you for sharing this incredible resource.

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Laney Cline King, LCSW / Pronouns: She, Her, Hers

Growing Healthy Kids (formerly MDUSD Garden Education Program)

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On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 8:17 AM Jezra Thompson <jezrat...@berkeley.net> wrote: