In the Classroom - Farm to School BC

Learning activities for the classroom

Try indoor growing with your students to engage in hands-on learning, rain or shine, throughout the school year. When weather is not a factor, you can plan your harvest to align with your school calendar. Get started with microgreens, indoor grow towers, or simply monitoring seedlings on your windowsill. There are also many opportunities to connect to science, math, and other subjects within the BC curriculum when you bring food literacy into the classroom.

Cultivating Curiosity

For more on how to connect to the BC curriculum, check out Cultivating Curiosity. This practical guide was developed by F2SBC and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food to to support educators in strengthening agriculture education in secondary schools.

Activity and Resource List

Name	Suggested Grade Level	Description	Developed by
Windowsill Herb Garden	4-7	Lesson plan to create mini-greenhouses, plant herbs and watch them grow in the classroom.	Hands on Food
Growing Salad Greens	4-7	Four-week lesson series where students grow, observe and harvest trays of salad greens inside their classrooms.	Hands on Food
Stem Dissection	1-5	Activity to explore how stems give plants their structure, and move water, nutrients, and energy between the roots and leaves.	Fresh Roots
Playing with Food Scraps	K-7	Activity using play and scientific exploration to learn about reducing and reusing food waste.	F2SBC
Super Seeds!	K-4	Activities to discover some of the cool things seeds can do, what hides inside the seeds we eat, and how they help plants grow.	Fresh Roots
Eat Local Year-round	4-12	Lesson plan exploring foods that are available all year in British Columbia	F2SBC
Taste the Rainbow	K-7	Lesson plan exploring fruits and vegetables of a variety of colours that are grown in British Columbia.	F2SBC
Farm Ecosystem Web	3-12	Activity exploring the complex web of relationships between plants, animals, fungi, sun, water, and more on a farm.	Fresh Roots
Veggie Prints	K-5	Activity exploring the shapes, textures, and patterns of veggies and other plants through art.	Fresh Roots
Mystery Veggies	K-5	Activity using sense of touch to solve a veggie mystery!	Fresh Roots
Journey of Food Game	6-12	Lesson plan exploring how foods travel from the farm to the grocery store.	F2SBC

Connecting to Curriculum

Additional Partner Resources

West Coast Seeds – How to Grow Microgreens
Lesson Plans from Tower Garden
Teach Food First by Healthy Schools BC
Indoor Growing Guide (Hydroponic and in-soil) by REAPS