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Salsa Toasts
Students will learn the steps of making salsa by preparing salsa on will also explore their kitchen classrooms and the fruits of the late summer harvest.
Grade: 
3 – 5
Plant Part Salad
Students will learn to make salad dressing and assemble a salad while learning to identify all the parts and colors of a plant that we eat.
Grade: 
3 – 5
Flowering Seeds: Winnowing
This food system lesson introducesthe concept that there are processes for getting food to the fork. It can be paired with a science and/or humanities lesson on ancient culture’s methods for processing grains.
Grade: 
3 – 5
Progression:
1 of 3
Weighing Our Harvest
This lesson builds on measurements in the garden, focusing on designing and measuring garden harvest.
Grade: 
PreK – 2
Progression:
2 of 2
Food Preservation: Drying Herbs
In this lesson, students will learn one of many ways to preserve the fall harvest. They will learn appropriate ways to harvest herbs from the garden, how to safely handle garden tools, and two simple methods to preserve herbs for use throughout the winter and spring.
Grade: 
6 – 8
ESYB Curriculum
Garden Immersion Week
In an Immersion Week, students come to the garden every day for a week. Our seventh-grade classes come for two weeks of immersion, one in each semester. Eighth-grade classes come for one week in the spring.
Grade: 
6 – 8
Progression:
5 of 5
ESYB Curriculum
Welcome Back Lesson
In this sixth-grade Edible Schoolyard class, students are welcomed back after the winter break to start the new semester. They discuss seasonality in depth and review how the 4B’s can be applied in the garden (Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible, and Be an Ally).
Grade: 
6 – 8
Progression:
7 of 10
Standards:
Aligned

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