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Youth Gardening Grants & Education

Grants

American Chemical Society Community Science Grants- small grants ($100-$1,000) for family science projects including school gardens.
Captain Planet- Supports environmental activities for young people and have funded gardening projects at many schools across the country for $200 - $2500.
EPA Environmental Education Grants
National Gardening Association Youth Grants
National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology Grants

Youth Activities

Food Detective- An interactive game for kids about safe food handling practices and eliminating germs.
KinderGarden-An introduction to the many ways children can interact with plants and the outdoors.
Project Learning Tree
Project WET
Schools Online- University of Illinois Extension
Youth Gardening Activities- University of Nebraska- Lincoln Extension
Water Quality & Water Issues- Activities and lesson plans for teaching youth about environmental issues
Whiz Kid Activities- Looking for new classroom resources for your students? Here they are: Free to download and reproduce.

The Nebraska Statewide Arboretum has helped over 200 schools use their landscapes as an outdoor classroom. Their web site, http://schools.unl.edu, offers teachers, school administrators and parents, create, design, maintain and utilize an outdoor space for educational purposes.

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Interdisciplinary Curriculum for grades 8-12 has 10 projects tied to state standards in science, social science, reading/writing/speaking and environmental studies.
Arts Curriculum for grades K-12 has 22 projects using a wide variety of art forms.
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Resources

Digging Deeper- What aspect of gardening with kids would you like to know more about? You'll find inspiration in our Classroom Stories, botany basics in our "All About Plants" articles, engaging investigations in our Activities, and answers to many of your questions (even those you haven't asked yet) in our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). You can search any or all of these by keyword, or browse by topic.
Kids Gardening Resources- Texas A&M University
Nebraska Alliance for Conservation and Environmental Education-
The Teachers Resource Room- National Gardening Association

Classroom Hydroponics

Composting

Composting In Schools - Cornell University
Composting For Kids- scripted slide set from Texas A&M University

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