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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
    • Available Resources
    • Office Hours
  • 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.

Browse Units by Grade Level

6th Grade

Food Systems

How does climate change impact food supply?

7th Grade

Land Subsidence and Groundwater

Why is the Central Valley sinking, and what can we do about it?

8th Grade

Air Quality

What affects air quality in the San Bernardino-Riverside area, and what can we do about it?

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

“The kids become more engaged because now they are actually actively doing things. They’re really having to look for themselves. It’s not given to them on a platter, but all the resources are right there.”

High School
Teacher

“Students really wanted to share their food traditions and look into how climate change might affect their food traditions.”

Middle School
Teacher

“This lesson brought in cultural stories from the original people who inhabited California. This is a perspective that is not often taught in science. I think that the kids liked having science be a little less facts and figures and more story.”

Middle School
Teacher

“My kids have said, ‘Oh good, I like doing this,’ when we were starting the lesson each day. It’s a great topic. I also think it has made them more curious and do their own research.”

Elementary School
Teacher

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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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