Garden Curriculum Development Protocol | The Edible Schoolyard Project

Garden Curriculum Development Protocol

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Curriculum Development

Garden

Place of Learning:

Garden Classroom

Contributor

ESY Berkeley Teaching Staff
Edible Schoolyard Project
Berkeley, CA

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Summary:

This resource shows the process that garden teachers follow when creating new lessons.

Part 1 – The lesson we are developing

5 minutes: read existing form of lesson (if applicable)
5 minutes: silent writing of ideas
10 minutes: brainstorm
5 minutes: prioritize ideas
Author leaves with clear ideas to move on
Keep in mind the main lenses we are using to build curriculum;
EE Framework, NGSS, Learning Cycle, Grade Level Scope and Sequence

Part 2 – The lesson we are giving feeback on today

7 minutes: silent read of draft
8 minutes: each person shares feedback
5 minutes: author checks for understanding/ clarification of questions raised
10 minutes: discussions
Author incorporates ideas from Part 2 into a lesson write up.
Final draft edit with lead garden teacher (Author and lead garden teacher go over together)
Pilot lesson

Part 3 – The lesson we are currently teaching

8 (2 min. ea.) minutes: where we ended up with this lesson (incorporate after class downloads)
8 (2 min. ea.) minutes: what areas still needs work
10 minutes: discussion
Lead garden teacher provides final edits