Grades 3 to 8.

Various curriculum  learning expectations are covered in the 15 lessons for grades 3 all the way up to 8, in Math, Language, Science, Social Studies and Health.

Close to the top of this page, you can download the curriculum connections checklist of 2022 for Ontario Canada, as an example to use to connect lessons to your curricula.

Embedded in all lessons is the core message of the indigenous way of life and their Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), which at its core has our connection to land and water.

In addition, we specifically talk about it in "Week 11: Biodiversity and Indigenous Ways of Life" lesson and we plant the 3 sisters with Beans, Squash and Corn.

Even though gardening is not the first thing that comes to mind when teachers think of STEM strand, they connect much more than usually envisioned.

Not only dodo the Oasis programs connect to many expectations in Math and Science in all grades, they encourage Systems Thinking, collaborating with the natural world to reach a common goal and enhance Problem Solving skills.

These skills are all very important in successful adaptation to this increasingly complex, changing world.

We can all agree that we need our engineers to be knowledgeable about the environment and the importance of our vital connection with the natural world.

So the answer is a resounding YES!

Our industrial agriculture has and continues to have a huge toll on the Earth systems.

Growing your own local organic food is one the most accessible, effective and, therefore, popular ways of helping the environment.

This is explicitly weaved into our lesson plans and student worksheets.

There are two overall aspects of Food Literacy:

1) Growing Food

2) Preparing Food

Oasis Classroom  and School focus entirely and comprehensively on the Growing aspect and on the last session, students also prepare and taste the veggies of their labour while celebrating their success.

These program materials have the flexibility to easily be connected to cooking programs for your students.

Absolutely!

Every one of the 15 lessons related completely to Eco School and Green School values and encouraged actions and running the program at your school definitely helps your rating significantly.

Absolutely!

There is enough differences between lessons that each grade (from 3 to 8) would get something from it.

The curriculum expectation connection documents will help your teachers to organize a variety of cross-divisional plans between grades. 

You, the classroom teachers, with full coaching support from Leila herself, the creator of the programs, via virtual Q&A sessions.

Inside your classrooms and schools!

You do require at least one room, accessible to participating teachers and students, that either has proper lighting or gets 5 hours of direct natural sunlight, for your nursery.

NOTE: The nursery could be distributed inside your main classrooms as long as they get 4 to 5 hours of direct sunlight.

And the work happens inside your classrooms as you run any other lesson.

Regular visits and work sessions to the garden outside is naturally part of the Oasis School program.

This program runs from the third week of February for 15 weeks till the end of May.

Refer to the Lesson Plan List section above.

All material including student booklets are available online and can be downloaded and shared with your online students by your teachers.

If you invest in the Material Delivery add-on, organic soil, seeds and other lesson-related material should be picked up by parents of your online students from the school.

... and in case of school shut-downs, sent home with the students...

Your teachers will then be able to continue the lessons online while students use the material to grow the projects.

As you can see in the Lessons List section above, your students will grow an abundance of variety of flowers, fruit and vegetables.

Some of what they grow will be ready for harvest by the end of May and can then be enjoyed by your students.

And some of what they grow will still be a seedling at the end of May and your community can decide what to do with those plants as part of Oasis Classroom. 

A few exciting suggestions are:

- Donate plants to community gardens in your neighborhood

-  Sell the plants in a student-led market, connected to an entrepreneurial program

- Give plants away to staff and parents

For Oasis School, all these suggestions can be combined with transplanting a portion of the seedlings in the outdoor school garden.

At least one accessible room in your school building with good sunny windows  or well designed grow lights (less ideal than sunny windows but still feasible) and at least 1 enthusiastic teachers who wants to teach the program.

Same as Oasis Classroom, at least one accessible room in your school building with good sunny windows  or well designed grow lights (less ideal than sunny windows but still feasible) and at least 1 enthusiastic teachers who wants to teach the program.

In addition, you will need space for building an outdoor garden. There is no need to have a garden or build a garden prior to the program. Your students will build the garden as part of the program.

You will need to order Mulch and Soil for the building activities and all instructions are included in the lesson plans and supplies list for your teachers.

 We want to answer them ALL to help you make the right decision and we will tell you if the program is NOT a good fit for you!

Just email Leila directly at [email protected]

with your questions and she will get back to you fast.