The School Programs Department offers programming for teachers and students at K-12 publicly funded schools (public and charter) thanks to funding from the Utah State Legislature through the iSEE program.
Bring Red Butte Garden to your 1st grade classroom and learn about the features of plants and fruits that help them survive!
We are excited to offer our Garden on the Grow classroom visit program ! In this program, students explore SEEd standard 1.2.2 by investigating environmentally adapted features of either fruits or leaves with a Red Butte Garden Educator right in your classroom.
For more information, please email outreach@redbutte.utah.edu.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does an outreach visit cost?
There's no cost to this program that serves only public and charter schools, thanks to funding from the Utah State Legislature.
Is this an assembly/whole grade-level presentation?
Our lesson is designed to be hands-on, which means a garden educator will visit each classroom to teach an approximately 45-minute lesson.
Am I required to complete any additional trainings?
You are not required to complete any trainings to have an outreach visit. We will provide a pre-lesson and post-lesson activity for you to enhance your students learning, if you choose to teach them.
Do you visit any other grade levels besides 1st grade?
Our funding and curriculum is currently intended for 1st grade students.
Will an outreach visit support my science curriculum?
Yes, our lesson is designed to support Utah SEEd standards. Our current lesson covers Standard 1.2.2: Construct an explanation by observing patterns of external features of living things that survive in different locations. Emphasize how plants and nonhuman animals, found in specific surroundings, share similar physical characteristics. Examples could include that plants living in dry areas are more likely to have thick outer coatings that hold in water, animals living in cold locations have longer and thicker fur, or most desert animals are awake at night. (LS1.A, LS1.D)
Can you visit when I teach my plant unit in the spring?
We typically visit long-distance schools in the fall and spring and nearby schools in the winter, to minimize travel during inclement weather. While this date may not align with when you are teaching this standard, the experience will hopefully be memorable enough that you can refer to it when you do get to your plant unit.
Will you visit my school every year?
Currently, we have schools divided into a three-year rotating schedule. To find out when we will be reaching out to schedule a visit, contact us at outreach@redbutte.utah.edu.