Education
Garden Educational Material
We have made some exciting changes to our learning platform. By incorporating these materials into our own website, we maintain security and utilize a well-established learning management system. Here you can explore educational videos and additional learning materials on soil science, plant science and more for FREE!
Features of the Learning System:
The system will track your completion of courses. This will help us identify what is being used. Lessons are designed to be taken sequentially, but that is not required.
Weʻve moved our videos to Vimeo, instead of YouTube for better security.
One change weʻve made is to make the courses accessible to students; to access they will need to register. We hope to do some special student projects in the future. They can see the progress and access all the material from home. Of course, this is optional.
Teachers can still download everything for use in your own classroom or learning management system on a lesson by lesson basis.
All users will need to register and sign in to use the platform. Registration is free.
What We Offer
1. Free Soil Science and Plant Science courses
Available for grades K-2, 3-5, and 6-8!
CLICK HERE TO EXPLORE THOSE FREE RESOURCES.
2. Free Kumu Mea Kanu garden kits
Grow Kit (available Quarter 2 and 3), available for grades K-2 and 3-5
Themed Kits (available in Quarter 3 only), available for:
- K-1st – Garden Art Kit
- 2nd-3rd – Chef Kit
- 4th-5th – Hawaiiana Kit
- 6th-8th – Sustainability Kit
CLICK HERE TO EXPLORE OUR KUMU KIT OFFERINGS
While kumu kits are free, we have limits on the number that we are able to distribute each quarter. Teachers must first FILL OUT OUR INTEREST FORM and then be confirmed for participation before receiving kit materials.
Grow Some Good…
Extra Material
The material below is great education content that we have captured through the years. On the videos, select the icon on the top right to see the full list on YouTube.
Lesson from the Garden: How Do Seeds Grow?
What is a seed? Most plants grow from seeds, which come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and textures. Within this compact package, seeds contain...
Lesson from the Garden: Phototropism
What is Phototropism? Tropism is a growth response between a plant and an external stimulus. The stimulus could be weather, touch, time, gravity or...
Lesson from the Garden: How Plants Breathe
See How Plants Breathe Fill a glass jar with water. Select a large leaf from a plant or tree nearby, drop it into the jar and screw the lid on. ...