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  • About
    • Why Seeds to Solutions?
    • Who We Are
    • Instructional Model
  • Browse Units
    • Elementary School
      • Kindergarten
      • 1st Grade
      • 2nd Grade
      • 3rd Grade
      • 4th Grade
      • 5th Grade
    • Middle School
      • 6th Grade
      • 7th Grade
      • 8th Grade
    • High School
      • 9th & 10th Grade: Life & Environmental Science
      • 9th & 10th Grade: Physical & Environmental Science
      • 11th Grade: Interdisciplinary Environmental Science
      • 12th Grade: Interdisciplinary Environmental Science
  • Resources
  • Contact
    • Contact and Support
    • Become a Partner

Browse Units

Seeds to Solutions instructional materials have everything you need to teach a unit that engages and empowers, from teacher guides to student materials. Each Seeds to Solutions unit explores a developmentally appropriate environmental issue in California. Students do sense-making individually and as a class and explore solutions — transforming classroom learning into discussions that go beyond school.

Inside Each Unit

  • Teacher Guides Detailed, customizable lesson plans
  • Support Materials Visual aids, audio/video content for lessons, and more
  • Student Materials Worksheets, readings, handouts, and more
  • Standards Alignment Guidance on specific standards and frameworks being met
  • Professional Learning Handbooks for facilitation and culminating engagements

What Teachers Are Saying

“For my students who may not engage with abstract concepts, the real-life relevance of turning waste into soil for growing plants offers a clear, meaningful goal that they can understand and feel proud to participate in.”

Elementary School
Teacher

“I truly enjoyed teaching this. It has been heartwarming to see them care about other living things and the environment.”

Elementary School
Teacher

“There is something for all different kinds of learners. We are moving spaces, drawing, talking in big and small groups, writing. Some of my kiddos who would have been disengaged quite possibly the entire time were engaged in at least two or more parts of this lesson.”

Elementary School
Teacher

“The message that there are solutions to help us combat climate change and that people are working together to solve problems helped students stay in a place of curiosity; they didn’t show anxiety over the content.”

Elementary School
Teacher

Browse Units by Grade Level

Kindergarten

Observing Our Natural World

How do we explore and make choices about the world around us?

1st Grade

Food Systems

How does the food we throw away affect our community, and how can we waste less food?

2nd Grade

Open Space

Why is open space important?

3rd Grade

Extreme Temperatures

What impact does extreme heat have in California, and what can we do about it?

4th Grade

Power Outages and Energy Systems

Why are weather-related power outages happening more often in California?

5th Grade

Wildfires

How can Californians use fire responsibly to prevent destructive wildfires?

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Seeds to Solutions instructional materials empower K–12 students to be environmentally literate, engaged community members through free, solutions-oriented lessons on California-specific environmental issues.

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