Indoor Gardening Curriculum

In the spring of 2017, AK AITC was awarded a grant from the National Agriculture in the Classroom organization to develop this resource. This work is supported in part by the Agriculture in the Classroom Grant no. 2017-38858 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Development was also supported by a grant from the Alaska Farm Bureau and an EPA grant in collaboration with the University of Alaska.

This curriculum is a compilation of lessons developed by the Alaska Agriculture in the Classroom program, the National Agriculture in the Classroom (NAITC) organization, and educators throughout Alaska who have reviewed and piloted many of these activities.

Please be patient with us. This is a work in progress, some links are currently in development and will be available soon. If you do use the lessons and find things that need changing or clarification, please feel free to give us feedback and help in making them the best possible resource for Alaska teachers and students. If you have a lesson you have developed and would like to be included in our list, please feel free to share it with us and we will consider adding it.

Evaluation:

If you have time and would like to evaluate the curriculum lessons to help us improve them, please fill out this evaluation form and send it back to Mel. Download the form HERE

Email Mel Sikes at alaska.agintheclassroom@gmail.com with any suggestions or comments.

Presentation to NAITC Virtual Conference on 6/24/2020

As part of the NAITCO National Conference which was presented virtually, Mel Sikes gave a powerpoint presentation about this project. You can watch that presentation here:

Hydroponics in Classrooms: Inexpensive Projects and Curriculum for Indoor Gardening

To watch the other presentations, visit this NAITCO Conference Presentations YouTube page to explore the 12 excellent presentations given during the two day conference.

Small Hydroponic Tower Construction Video Collaboration with Silent Springs FFA Chapter

In September 2020, the students in the Silent Springs FFA chapter collaborated with AKAITC on a video to instruct folks on how to build the modified smaller grow tower.

Click on this LINK to watch the YouTube video

Curriculum:

Educator Workshop:

If you are wanting to set up a workshop for educators using this curriculum, here are some tools to help you with this process:

Sample 1 day workshop schedule

Suggestions for organizing a workshop

Sample workshop poster

Sample pre-course assignment

Educator Workshop:

Standards Correlation

Soil Growing Systems

Soil and Nutrients

Plant Growth and Plant Processes

Hydroponic Growing Systems

Aquaponic Growing Systems

Composting and Food Waste

Resources

Gardening Books 

Alaska High Tunnel Website

NRCS High Tunnel Fact Sheet

List of Relevant Websites

List of Potential Grants

List of Gardening Resource Agencies and Contacts in Alaska

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