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.
Seed Saving Guidance
Here is great step by step guide to Seed Saving! If you find the site helpful, send a donation to them. Click on image to go to the site or...
Food Economics: Where in the World… and Why?
The harvest stage of a school garden provides an ideal setting to observe interdependence of producers and consumers: harvesting food in the garden...
SOS: Saving Our Seeds for a Sustainable Future
In the final months of school, garden lessons turn to a continuation of the life cycle with 'Saving Our Seeds' workshops at all grade levels. This...