Youth
| Aggie Horticulture for Kids Texas A&M University Horticulture Program that includes information on gardening, nutrition, composting, etc. |
| American Community Gardening Association National membership organization promoting community gardens. |
| Be a Beetle Buster This fun, inquiry-based program will help you empower your students to play a central role in saving your community’s trees. Through flexible, standards-based units — one for Upper Elementary and After-School/Summer Programs, and one for Middle School and High School — you can achieve your teaching goals while challenging your students to make a difference in their community. |
| Dream Machine Recycle Rally (new!) The Dream Machine Recycle Rally™ is an exciting recycling program that gives schools a chance to earn rewards and compete for contest prizes, all while helping to make the planet a cleaner, greener place, and supporting post-9/11 disabled U.S. veterans. |
| Environmental Health Perspectives This program promotes environmental health literacy, using scientific literature to teach students the principles of environmental health science. The lessons published through the EHP Science Education Program encourage students to learn about their health and their environment through cooperative hands-on and critical thinking activities and real-world examples. |
EPA Teaching Center |
| Farmer Brown's Garden Path Information on "square foot" gardening. |
| Healthivores Video Game Contest Designed to educate youth about healthy exercise and life choices, this contest by Green Ribbon Schools will engage students in learning about health, while also enhancing their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) skills and career skills. Contest deadline is May 1, 2012. |
| Kidsgardening Sponsored by the National Gardening Association, this page includes information on youth garden grants, a resource directory and a school garden registry, among other things. |
| KinderGardens Texas A&M University. Information and research on children's gardens, gardening with children, survey, etc. |
| NEEF's Gardens and Schoolyards Toolkit There are many educational benefits to school gardens and green schoolyards. These spaces serve as living laboratories that provide a real-world context for lessons across subject areas. They also engage students in hands-on, project-based learning activities. |
| Sustainable Agricultural Resources for Teachers U.S. Department of Agriculture webpage that includes resources, contacts, books and articles. |
| School Gardens Information on how to build school gardens, design considerations, curricula, etc. from Texas A&M University. |
| Treasures of the Texas Coast Children’s Art Contest All Texas students (public, private, and home-schooled) in grades K-6 are invited to participate in this art contest, sponsored by the Texas General Land Office. All submissions must be postmarked by Monday, March 5th, 2012. |
| Youth Garden Grants The National Gardening Association's KidsGardening.com annually awards 400 Youth Garden Grants to schools and other programs throughout the United States. The grants may be awarded to groups who plan on gardening with at least 15 children between the ages of 3 and 18. |
