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National Wildlife Federation

National Wildlife Federation: Organic Practices

For Students 3rd - 8th
How do you eliminate pesticides and fertilizers and still have a viable garden? This comprehensive resource discusses how you can be a successful organic gardener without the use of pesticides and fertilizers. Many helpful hints and tips...
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Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy: Gardens Activity Guide: Soil

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson learners conduct a soil analysis to understand soil types and explore the relationship between the garden and healthy, fertile soil. Soil is a natural resource that is crucial to life on Earth and when managed properly, it...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Garden Spiders

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from Garden Insects, learn about six varieties of spiders that live in one garden. [2:40]
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Other

University of Idaho Extension: Idaho Landscapes & Gardens: Garden Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
A gardening resource which addresses basic gardening tips, and also contains information on composting, preparing soil, irrigating, and using pesticides and fertilizers.
Activity
Other

Finca La Isla's Botanical Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is part of the Web of "Talamanca Discovery", an organization that promotes ecotourism in Costa Rica. The page provides information about Finca la Isla's Botanical Garden, open to tourists.
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Other

Paul's Garden World: The Science of Composting

For Students 9th - 10th
Very thorough description of different organisms involved in decomposing organic material through composting. Includes actinomycetes, bacteria, fungi, and a variety of macro-organisms which also function as decomposers. Also discusses...
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Other

Evergreen

For Students 9th - 10th
A national charity created to turn schools into green space that celebrate the environment, as well as preserve natural outdoor spaces within Canadian cities, Evergreen has core programs: Learning Grounds - transforming school grounds,...
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Other

Garden Guides: Herbal Home Remedies

For Students 9th - 10th
This Herbal Home Remedies resource offers information on common herbal remedies for various health conditions.
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Sustainable Living

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a unique course taught at the University of California, Los Angeles on sustainable living. The lectures range in topics from food systems to organic gardens. The lecturers also vary in their expertise...
Primary
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: In the Sky Garden by Elizabeth W. Champney

For Students 3rd - 8th
This ebook version of Elizabeth W. Champney's In The Sky-Garden has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

For Students 3rd - 8th
This ebook version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
Primary
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Johnny Crow's Garden by L. Leslie Brooke

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This ebook version of L. Leslie Brooke's Johnny Crow's Garden has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

For Students 3rd - 6th
This ebook version of J. M. Barrie's "Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens" has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Flower Children: The Little Cousins of the Field and Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Elizabeth Gordon's Flower Children: The Little Cousins Of The Field And Garden has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be...
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Texas A&M University

Aggie Horticulture Network: Composting for Kids

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this resource to learn about how we make compost and how we use it to grow gardens.
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Water Pollution

For Students 9th - 10th
Water pollution occurs when a body of water is adversely affected due to the addition of large amounts of materials to the water. The sources of water pollution are categorized as being a point source or a non-source point of pollution....
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Gardens of Eden

For Students 9th - 10th
An interview with William Broad, author of "The Universe Below". ONLINE News Hour discusses with William Broad the discoveries that have been made on the ocean floor.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1921: Anatole France

For Students 9th - 10th
This website on 1921 Nobel Prize winner Anatole France is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Acceptance Speech," "Swedish Nobel Stamps," and "Other Resources."
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Edwin Arlington Robinson

For Students 9th - 10th
This well-organized site offers a useful discussion of all phases of his life and work. Suggested motivation and influences of the author's work. Includes critical discussion of several popular poems.
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Other

The Children's Nursery and Its Traditions

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An extensive list of links to Children's Nursery classics organized by page/chapter. Includes Beatrix Potter, Mother Goose, Aesop's Fables, Brothers Grimm tales and more!
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Nature's Recyclers Coloring Book

For Students 3rd - 5th
Did you know that nature has its own clean-up crew and recycling staff? Yeah, there aremany plants and animals that help recycle natural materials in our environment. They take deadmaterials and turn them back into rich soil. Use this...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Kansas, 1904

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1904 of Kansas showing the State capital of Topeka, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers. "Kansas (Garden of the West) - Organized as a Territory in 1854; made a State in 1861. Area, 82,080 square miles; population,...