This Lesson Library contains all the lessons in the Advanced Level of the Edible Learning Lab. Use the search fields below to narrow the list of lessons. You can also view the Beginner Level and Intermediate Level lessons or the entire Edible Learning Lab Curriculum in the Resource Library.
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Will the real garden planner please step up?
Any business requires planning and that includes the ability to effective draft and manage a budget. This lesson tasks students with the creation of an annual budget for the Lab.
Lesson: 1.12 |
Station: Seed Starting |
Format: Essential Skill
Seed identification by sight
A seed catalog is a versatile reference in the Lab. Students will create one for the Seed Library with pictures and a description along with the information vital to successfully cultivating the variety from seed.
Lesson: 1.13 |
Station: Seed Starting |
Format: Class Project
Going a step further
Edible education should be an continuous pursuit of greater knowledge and that means each class should leave what they can behind for the next one. This lesson transforms the seedling care guide into a database that can be utilized by anyone with access.
Lesson: 1.14 |
Station: Seed Starting |
Format: Class Project
Musical chairs for NPK
Conditions in the garden are in constant flux. Nutrients move through the soil strata becoming available and unavailable as plants develop. In this lesson, Students will experiment with macronutrient deficiencies to observe first-hand the effect each ha on plant development.
Lesson: 1.15 |
Station: Seed Starting |
Format: Experiment
Go Big or Go Home!
When we built the Edible Learning Lab curriculum we envisioned much more than just an educational program. We saw revenue and the promise of sustainability. In this lesson, students are tasked with imagining their Lab in the future, a time when it can provide nutrition for all students in their school and maybe even serve the community as a whole.
Lesson: 2.1 |
Station: Soil Management |
Format: Class Discussion
Take Your Planter to Market
It's time to take that fancy raised planter design to market. In this lesson, students will produce raised planters for sale and craft a marketing plan to advertise them to the community.
Lesson: 2.2 |
Station: Soil Management |
Format: Class Project
Plant Watering Robots
Commercial farms are using all sorts of automation to manage the function that farm hands did in the past. In this lesson, students will conceive an automated water system and create a set of design specs for its production.
Lesson: 2.3 |
Station: Soil Management |
Format: Class Project
Nutrients Down the Drain
Drainage is a double-sided attribute of the soil. Good drainage promotes plant development and poor drainage leads to nutrient runoff and soggy soil. In this lesson, students will create a plan to improve the drainage of the soil in the Lab over time.
Lesson: 2.4 |
Station: Soil Management |
Format: Class Discussion
It's All About the Trees
Trees drop leaves. Leaves breakdown over time. The natural compost create humus giving life to dormant seeds. Then it all starts over. This natural process is the focus in this lesson as student hit the road to see the process in nature.
Lesson: 2.5 |
Station: Soil Management |
Format: Field Trip
Dirt Versus Hydro
Dirt is king as the saying goes but the newcomer on the block is hydroponics. In this lesson, students will evaluate the biota in both systems to see what's really going on at the micro level.
Lesson: 2.6 |
Station: Soil Management |
Format: Experiment