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The mission of Veggie U is to educate children about the connection between growing food and making healthful eating choices.
www.veggieu.org Unit 1: Food for the Future, Lessons 1-5 Unit 2: Seeds and Soil, Lessons 6-10 Unit 3: Plant Structure, Lessons 11-15 Unit 4: Healthy Eating, Lessons 16-20 Unit 5: Feast of the Future, Lessons 21-25 |
Around the country, elementary school teachers and students are ready to have some fun with the start of the Veggie U program. Tasting new and different vegetables, getting their hands dirty on planting days, glimpsing the secret underground life of worms, and having fun while learning about plant science are all part of the five week Veggie U program. As "graduates" of Veggie U, students will know the importance of good nutrition, the concept of sustainable agriculture, and how vegetables are grown.
Veggie U's curriculum was inspired back in 2003 by chefs and farmers, and developed through the volunteer efforts of a nutritionist, doctor and local educators. The team recognized that children would greatly benefit from understanding the connection between what they consume and how that food is grown. Veggie U's curriculum has been vetted by a third-party content correlation service to provide educators with a chart of each state and national education standard met for each lesson.
In addition to a hands-on, scientific approach to learning about plants and their components, Veggie U incorporates extensive journal activities, mathematics, and language arts, providing an immersive study of core concepts. The classroom lessons include studies of soil, composting, planting, nutrition and plant anatomy. The students also care for a worm farm, raise a mini "crop", and celebrate the end of the program with a vegetable Feast Day. Chefs are often invited to celebrate feast day with the students, and can offer recipe demos and instructions on how to prepare and enjoy vegetables all year long.
Over 6,500 Veggie U classroom garden programs have sprouted in 36 states and Washington DC.
Veggie U's curriculum was inspired back in 2003 by chefs and farmers, and developed through the volunteer efforts of a nutritionist, doctor and local educators. The team recognized that children would greatly benefit from understanding the connection between what they consume and how that food is grown. Veggie U's curriculum has been vetted by a third-party content correlation service to provide educators with a chart of each state and national education standard met for each lesson.
In addition to a hands-on, scientific approach to learning about plants and their components, Veggie U incorporates extensive journal activities, mathematics, and language arts, providing an immersive study of core concepts. The classroom lessons include studies of soil, composting, planting, nutrition and plant anatomy. The students also care for a worm farm, raise a mini "crop", and celebrate the end of the program with a vegetable Feast Day. Chefs are often invited to celebrate feast day with the students, and can offer recipe demos and instructions on how to prepare and enjoy vegetables all year long.
Over 6,500 Veggie U classroom garden programs have sprouted in 36 states and Washington DC.
Unit 1: Food for the Future
Lesson 1: Introduction to Veggie U/Are We What We Eat?
Lesson 2: We Are What We Eat! Lesson 3: Time to Taste the Vegetables! Lesson 4: Act like a Farmer/Planting the Squash Pot Lesson 5: Here Come the Worms! Unit 4: Healthy Eating
Lesson 16: Watch Me Grow
Lesson 17: Balancing Your Energy Lesson 18: What’s in a Label Lesson 19: Color MyPlate Lesson 20: My recipe for Success |
Unit 2: Seeds and Soil
Lesson 6: Soil Sample ID
Lesson 7: Planting Our Root Lesson 8: Planting Lettuce Trays/What are the Mystery Seeds Lesson 9: All About Seeds Lesson 10: Observe and Investigate Unit 5: Feast of the Future
Lesson 21: Planning the Feast
Lesson 22: Plans for the Feast Lesson 23 Think like a Chef Feast of the Future Lesson 24: Feast Preparations/What are the Mystery Seeds? Lesson 25: Enjoy the Feast of the Future! |
Unit 3: Plant Structure
Lesson 11: Plant Structure - Stems
Lesson 12: Plant Structure – Leaves Lesson 13: Parts of a Flower Lesson 14: Observing Root Systems Lesson 15: Putting It All Together Glossary
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