The K-8th Urban Farm Field Trip Curriculum is now available! This free resource has been made possible by our amazing staff, as well as contributions from our network of fellow farmers and educators who generously shared their experiences, resources and time. Special thanks to CKC's Farm Educator, Jessie, who dedicated many hours to this curriculum and to the financial supporters of this project, including the Gwendolyn and Morris Cafritz Foundation, the Montgomery County Office of Food Systems Resilience, the Montgomery County Office of Agriculture and our many Friends of the Farm.
Dear Educators,
Visiting our farm offers students a hands-on, real-world learning experience that brings classroom concepts to life. Our K–8th Urban Farm Field Trip Curriculum has been designed to align with grade-level learning goals, while also engaging students in agriculture, science, literacy, environmental stewardship, and food system studies. Through guided activities, observation, and inquiry-based learning, students build connections between what they are learning in the classroom and what they are seeing, smelling, feeling, and even tasting on the farm. Our curriculum connects students to their food, their land, and their community.
The activities in our curriculum support critical thinking, curiosity, and respect for nature, while providing meaningful enrichment for diverse learners and alignment with state standards.
We invite teachers, parents, troop leaders, home schoolers and others to utilize this free resource. Special thanks to the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, the Montgomery County Office of Food Systems Resilience and the Montgomery County Office of Agriculture for supporting the staff hours to produce this K-8th Urban Farm Field Trip Curriculum.
We welcome your feedback and we aspire to improve upon this document each year. Subscribe to our Newsletter and/or contact jessie@ckcfarming.org if you have any questions.
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Sincerely,
Jessie, Emily and Kate
CKC's Education Team
To view the K-8th Urban Farm Field Trip Curriculum, hover over the curriculum's image and use the pop-up arrows to navigate through the pages.
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To print/share the K-8th Urban Farm Field Trip Curriculum, use this link: CKC K-8th Field Trips Curriculum
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The purpose of CKC's K-8th Field Trip Curriculum is to provide educators with one complete 90-minute lesson plan to be used in a garden or farm with students in grades K through 8th.
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This curriculum standards have the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the Montgomery County Public School system's curriculum at the forefront, while providing students with an immersive outdoor education experience.
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Appropriate credit has been given to FRESHFARM Food Prints, National Agriculture in the Classroom, and Pilot Light Food Education for providing the resources that support many of the lesson plans in our curriculum.