World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "The Troll Garden and Selected Stories"
This site provides the complete etext for Willa Cather's "The Troll Garden and Selected Stories." Use the left sidebar to navigate through the stories which include "On The Divide," which is the first story to appear on the page.
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of My Garden Acquaintance
This site provides the complete etext for James Russell Lowell's work, My Garden Acquaintance.
World Wide School
World Wide School: The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield (Full Text)
You can read a full text version of Katherine Mansfield's book of short stories, "The Garden Party" at this site.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Plant an Ozone Monitoring Garden
Students monitor local ozone by looking in their neighborhoods for ozone-injured plants or establishing similar gardens outside their schools or in their backyards.
EL Education
El Education: How Does Your Garden Grow?
This book was created by kindergarten students from the East End Community Charter School in Portland, Maine, as part of an eight-week learning expedition on local food and gardens called, "How Does Your Garden Grow?" These young...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: A Garden in Lawndale [Pdf]
"A Garden in Lawndale" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about an eighth grade class who planted a garden in a vacant lot by their school and maintained it to improve their neighborhood. It is followed by constructed-response...
ArtLex
Art Lex: Ashcan School
Many examples of work by the group of painters known as the "Ashcan School." Brief history of the group as well.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Science Investigation: Vocabulary [Pdf]
A one-page glossary of vocabulary that would be used by middle school students to discuss plants.
Other
Institute of Texan Cultures: Teaching Outside the Classroom: Growing Texas [Pdf]
A lesson unit on developing a classroom garden in Texas. Students must prepare a plan by analyzing the climate and which crops are best suited to their locale, how much sun their garden will get, which plants grow well together, and what...
EL Education
El Education: Kid's Guide to Buffalo & Erie Co. Botanical Gardens
Elementary students at the Enterprise Charter School in Buffalo, New York, created this brochure of their local botanical gardens to be used by other students. Each student selected a specific plant to research, photograph, and write...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: How Should Our Gardens Grow?
In this lesson plan, students will learn about types of land use by humans and evaluate the ways land is used in their local community. They will also consider the environmental effects of the different types of land use. Students will...
Other
Columbines School of Botanical Studies: Toothaches
This article provides a lengthy discussion od toothaches and abscessed teeth. The site is broken down into two primary strategies for dealing with these toothaches - removing the infection causing the pain and merely relieving the pain.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: School of Sultan Mahmoud
This school is situated in Port Said Street (formerly Al-Khaleeg Al-Masry Street) just before the intersection with Sikkat Rateb Street and Sheikh Rihan Street. The school was built by the Ottoman sultan, Mahmoud Khan Ibn Mustafa Khan....
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: See Our Progress [Pdf]
"See Our Progress" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about students planting a prairie garden in a vacant lot close to the school. TV reporters interviewed the students and took pictures of the garden for the news that evening....
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Making Progress [Pdf]
"Making Progress" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about students clearing the trash from a vacant lot near the school and planting a garden to beautify the neighborhood and show they care. It is followed by constructed-response...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Making Progress [Pdf]
"Making Progress" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about students clearing the trash from a vacant lot near the school and planting a garden to beautify the neighborhood and show they care. It is followed by constructed-response...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Prairie Project [Pdf]
"The Prairie Project" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about students who learn about the prairie, take a field trip to see one, and then plant one on the school grounds. It is followed by constructed-response questions which...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Practice Investigation Virtual Labs
Two virtual labs offer practice for creating your own or science project: "How Does Your Garden Grow" and "Critters!" Learn how investigations are conducted from the first step to the finished product.
Other
Dinosaur Depot Museum: Dinosaur Coloring Book [Pdf]
A variety of Colorado dinosaurs are profiled in this dinosaur coloring book. The drawings were created by fifth and sixth graders at Skyline Elementary School, located near a major dinosaur site at Garden Park, Colorado. Each picture is...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Growing in a Triangle
Middle school students explore the Pythagorean Theorem by measuring and calculating diagonal lengths using the Pythagorean Theorem. Students view an animated proof of the Pythagorean Theorem. They access an Internet site to view and...
ArtLex
Art Lex: The Eight
Examples of work by a group of early Modernist painters known as "The Eight." Gives a brief history of the group.
Bible Study Tools
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary: Eve
Easton's Bible Dictionary of Eve. A great place to begin.
EL Education
El Education: 12 Things to Do for Everyone to Have Enough Healthy Food
This is part of a calendar created by 1st graders after studying about how to help everyone get the healthy food they need. Students wrote interview questions and went on field trips to community gardens, food banks, soup kitchens,...