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Bean Detectives
Identify beans and onions, then explore the life cycle of a bean. Click, point, use AAC, or answer aloud.
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74 lessons · 2026–27
Labs & wellness30 min
Scent Memory & Choice
Offer optional, low-intensity comparison of two screened familiar natural scents, with a no-scent pathway of equal value. Memory and feeling labels are invitations only.
Skills: Olfactory discrimination, memory, preference communication, sensory regulation
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
Build a Lean-To Natural Shelter
Build and test a small shelter model on a tray.
Skills: Choice-making, spatial awareness, construction, comparing tests
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
Worm Exploration
Worms are living animals that help break down old plant material.
Skills: Living-thing observation, comparison, gentle care
Open lessonPlants & seasons30 min
Fall Nature Investigation
Look for changing leaves, seeds and other signs of fall.
Skills: Seasonal observation, comparison, recording evidence, communication
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
Nature Color & Mood
Notice natural colors, compare them and communicate a personal preference. Feeling words are optional and have no correct color match.
Skills: Visual discrimination, preference communication, emotional/sensory self-awareness
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
How Plants Prepare for Winter
Many plants grow more slowly in winter and keep buds for later growth.
Skills: Seasonal change, comparison, plant-care decisions
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
Garden Tools and Winter Garden Care
We can choose a safe tool for a garden job.
Skills: Tool identification, sequencing, safe storage, garden care
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Evergreens and Winter Plants
Many evergreen plants keep green leaves through winter.
Skills: Plant comparison, leaf observation, winter care
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Static Electricity
Make paper leaves move without touching, then compare static attraction with an adult-led fruit or potato battery demonstration.
Skills: Cause-and-effect, prediction, observation, basic physical science
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
Natural Texture Preference
Compare safe natural textures through looking, a tool or optional touch, then communicate a preference or boundary.
Skills: Tactile discrimination, sensory tolerance, choice-making, self-advocacy
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
Nature Sound Lab
Explore short nature sounds or pictures, and choose a sound or quiet.
Skills: Auditory discrimination, sensory regulation, preference communication, self-advocacy
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Light in an Emergency: Bioluminescent Algae
Compare a flashlight with a living glow in a safe low-light demonstration.
Skills: Light-source comparison, observation, living systems, emergency-tool choice
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
Weird & Wonderful Plants
Look closely at unusual plant shapes and responses.
Skills: Observation, comparison, plant adaptations
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Plants We Love – Valentine’s Foliage Bouquets
Choose leaves and arrange a foliage bouquet.
Skills: Preference, arranging, plant care, giving choices
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Plants & Feelings – I’m Tired: Plants & People
Notice plant changes and practice asking for rest or help.
Skills: Self-advocacy, observing change, comparing care needs
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Plant Dye Lab
Compare colors made from approved plant materials.
Skills: Color comparison, prediction, sorting, recording
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Balancing Stones & Rock Towers
Build a small tower and explore what helps it balance.
Skills: Balance, spatial planning, prediction, perseverance
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
Conflict Resolution Sensory Pathway
Practice pause, communicate, choose, and try again.
Skills: Communication, turn-taking, choice, problem solving
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
Seed Starting Lab & Hydroponic Gardening
Start seeds and compare ways to support young plants.
Skills: Sequencing, comparison, plant care, recording growth
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Spring Plant Check-Up
Look for new growth and choose a plant-care check.
Skills: Observation, care decisions, sorting, recording
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Soil Investigation & Mixing Soil
Compare growing materials and help mix a planting medium.
Skills: Texture comparison, measurement, mixing, tool use
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Compost – Nature Recycles
Sort compost examples and look for signs of change.
Skills: Sorting, decomposition, observation, care routines
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Earth Day Hanging Kokedama
Help make a planted moss ball and choose how to care for it.
Skills: Plant care, assembling, choice, shared responsibility
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Planting the Garden
Choose a garden role and help plant in a prepared space.
Skills: Sequencing, measurement, teamwork, care planning
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Terrarium Ecosystems & Combination Container Planting
Compare a terrarium with a container garden and help arrange plants.
Skills: Comparing habitats, planning, assembling, plant care
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Handmade Paper With Plant Materials
Help turn prepared paper pulp and plant fibers into a new sheet.
Skills: Material change, sequencing, cooperation, drying
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Textile Plants – From Plant to Fabric
Match plant fibers with fabric samples and explore how threads become cloth.
Skills: Matching, sequencing, texture comparison, material literacy
Open lessonGarden skills30 min
Garden Harvest & Food Skills
Practice the non-tasting steps of getting known produce ready: inspect, rinse under running water, dry and put in a clean place. Eating is outside the default lesson.
Skills: Food hygiene, sequencing, inspection, functional independence
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
Water Filter: Water in an Emergency
Watch what passes through a filter. Clearer water is still not safe to drink.
Skills: Size discrimination, sequencing, cause and effect, comparing visible change, water safety
Open lessonPlants & seasons30 min
Emergency Food and Plant Parts We Eat
Match familiar foods to roots, stems, leaves, fruits and seeds.
Skills: Plant-part identification, classification, safe food choices, functional communication
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
Camouflage in Nature
Compare how animal colors blend with different backgrounds.
Skills: Visual discrimination, figure-ground perception, adaptation, classification
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Clean Cover Care
Dry layers and blankets can help slow heat loss.
Skills: Warmth awareness, material comparison, emergency choice
Open lessonGarden skills30 min
Clean vs. Dirty Tools
Practice a safe wash, rinse, dry and store routine using classroom tools. Visible cleanliness does not prove an item is germ-free.
Skills: Sequencing, hygiene, vocational independence, wet/dry discrimination
Open lessonPlants & seasons30 min
How Roots Hold On
Observe real roots and use a simple model to explore how roots help anchor plants. Protect living specimens; a model is not a strength test of students.
Skills: Cause-and-effect, resistance/force, observation, fine/gross motor control
Open lessonGarden skills30 min
Tool for the Job
Match safe garden tools to a specific job, practice one action and return each tool safely.
Skills: Tool identification, motor planning, safety, functional decision-making
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
Push, Pull, Carry
Explore light functional garden movements, choose a comfortable action and communicate when to stop. Movement choices follow each student’s existing support plan.
Skills: Proprioceptive regulation, motor planning, body awareness, functional movement
Open lessonPlants & seasons30 min
What Lives in Soil?
Observe soil as habitat using a contained sample or accurate images. Sort evidence carefully without assuming every visible object is alive.
Skills: Observation, classification, ecosystem awareness, texture tolerance
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
Garden Grounding
Use an optional notice-and-choose routine with nature. Students may select one sense, skip any sense or observe quietly; the aim is communication and present-moment noticing.
Skills: Multi-sensory regulation, present-moment attention, communication, self-advocacy
Open lessonPlants & seasons30 min
Plant Neighbors & Spacing
Compare crowded and spaced plant models, then use a crop-specific marker to place a plant or model. The seed packet or growing guide determines real spacing.
Skills: Spatial awareness, functional measurement, problem-solving, transplanting
Open lessonPlants & seasons30 min
Flower Dissection
Observe the parts of an identified flower and separate a few parts with safe tools or a paper model. A visible petal and stem are enough for an entry-level outcome.
Skills: Fine-motor control, visual discrimination, plant anatomy, scientific observation
Open lessonPlants & seasons30 min
How Plants Climb
Observe a known climbing plant or diagram and model how a tendril or twining stem uses a support. Students may guide a model instead of handling a live vine.
Skills: Pattern recognition, plant adaptation, fine-motor control, visual tracking
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
Mindful Garden Movement
Try or direct slow, light garden actions with optional pauses. The learner selects pace and stopping; no exercise dose or therapeutic outcome is prescribed.
Skills: Proprioceptive regulation, rhythm, motor planning, body awareness
Open lessonGarden skills30 min
Sun & Heat Safety
Practice asking for shade, water and a break through indoor scenarios. Adults remain responsible for weather decisions, prevention and emergency response.
Skills: Body awareness, safety decision-making, self-advocacy, temperature awareness
Open lessonPlants & seasons30 min
Is It Ready to Pick?
Use the known crop’s harvest guide to compare readiness clues, then choose pick, wait or ask. Calendar dates alone cannot establish ripeness.
Skills: Visual/tactile discrimination, decision-making, harvest readiness, comparison
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
Water Sensory & Regulation Lab
Explore small controlled water movements: drip, pour, squeeze and optional gentle spray aimed into a tray. Learners choose the action and input; the focus is preference and motor control, not filtration.
Skills: Motor control, sensory regulation, cause-and-effect, pressure/temperature discrimination
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Why Does Ice Melt?
Watch sealed ice change into liquid water at room temperature.
Skills: States of matter, temperature awareness, observation, cause-and-effect
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How Heat Moves Through Materials
Compare sealed ice melting on room-temperature metal and wood.
Skills: Temperature discrimination, material comparison, heat transfer, safety awareness
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States of Matter
Compare sealed ice, liquid water and air as forms of matter.
Skills: Classification, temperature awareness, sequencing, physical science
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
Sound Is Vibration
Watch a ruler move back and forth as a quiet sound starts and stops.
Skills: Auditory discrimination, vibration awareness, cause-and-effect, scientific observation
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How Deep Does a Seed Go?
Compare planting holes to find the right depth for a seed.
Skills: Fine-motor control, depth concepts, comparison, functional planting
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Clouds and Rain
Observe clouds and rain in today’s weather and earlier records.
Skills: Weather science, water-cycle awareness, visual tracking, cause-and-effect
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Plants Follow Light
Compare photos of a plant growing toward light over several days.
Skills: Prediction, cause-and-effect, visual tracking, scientific observation
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What Dissolves in Water?
Compare what happens when salt and sand mix with water.
Skills: Prediction, comparison, observation, material properties
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Simple Machines in the Garden
Compare a cart’s sloping route up a ramp with a direct lift.
Skills: Force, tool use, functional problem-solving, gross-motor planning
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
Capillary Action: Water Climbs
Observe water spreading upward through tiny spaces in paper.
Skills: Plant water movement, visual tracking, cause-and-effect, observation
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Balance and Center of Gravity
Watch how moving a support or a load changes balance.
Skills: Balance, force, spatial awareness, prediction, motor planning
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Plant Detective: Leaf Clues
Use leaf shapes and edges as clues for comparing plants.
Skills: Visual discrimination, classification, texture comparison, observation
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Rocks Become Soil
Use rocks, sealed samples and photos to explore slow soil formation.
Skills: Weathering, sequencing, texture comparison, Earth science
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
Using a Measuring Tool
Use a ruler to compare the lengths of classroom objects.
Skills: Functional math, visual-motor integration, tool use, measurement
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Which Soil Holds Water?
Compare water collected beneath two different soil samples.
Skills: Absorption, drainage, comparison, measurement, sensory discrimination
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Erosion: What Protects Soil?
Compare how bare and covered soil move when water flows over them.
Skills: Earth science, cause-and-effect, environmental problem-solving, observation
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What Is Decomposition?
Follow dated photos of dead leaves breaking down over time.
Skills: Life cycles of matter, sequencing, observation, ecosystem awareness
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Photosynthesis: Plants Use Light
Explore how plants use light, water and air to make their food.
Skills: Plant biology, light/energy concepts, cause-and-effect, scientific explanation
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How Plants Protect Themselves
Explore how spines and leaf coatings help protect plants.
Skills: Plant adaptations, texture/scent discrimination, observation, cause-and-effect
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Plants and Animals Exchange Gases
Use diagrams to explore gases used by plants and animals.
Skills: Systems thinking, gas exchange, plant-animal relationships, sequencing
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Pollution Changes Habitats
Use habitat photos to choose actions that keep litter out of water.
Skills: Environmental awareness, classification, problem-solving, stewardship
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Which Color Gets Warmer?
Use recorded temperatures to compare black and white paper in sunlight.
Skills: Solar energy, temperature comparison, prediction, measurement
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Why Do Some Things Roll?
Compare how a ball and a block move down a low ramp.
Skills: Shape and motion, prediction, cause-and-effect, visual tracking
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Wind Is Moving Air
See how moving air pushes a paper strip.
Skills: Force and motion, sensory awareness, prediction, observation
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Moon Phases
Explore why we see different amounts of the Moon’s sunlit half.
Skills: Pattern recognition, visual tracking, astronomy, sequencing
Open lessonPlants & seasons30 min
Making a Hurricane
Spin a safe storm bottle and practice how we prepare for weather.
Skills: Weather observation, swirling motion, cause and effect, prediction
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
Wipes and Staying Clean
We can test which material soaks up a small water spill.
Skills: Hygiene, sequencing, wet/dry comparison, independence
Open lessonGarden skills30 min
How Clothing Keeps Us Warm
Compare safe fabrics and choose a useful cold weather layer. An optional teacher demonstration explores how a covering slows cooling; students never test cold tolerance.
Skills: Temperature awareness, tactile discrimination, functional dressing, cold-weather safety
Open lessonLabs & wellness30 min
Bandages and Natural Fibers
We can compare clean materials and choose a soft cover for a practice model.
Skills: Material comparison, absorbency, choice-making, evidence
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Every lesson is built for flexible participation, clear choices, and practical support.
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Preview the activity, consider allergies and sensory preferences, and offer a meaningful role without requiring touching, tasting, speaking, or standing.
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Each lesson includes large core choices such as YES, NO, MORE, HELP, STOP, and ALL DONE, plus activity-specific options.
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Typical lesson length: about 30 minutes. Looking, observing, or taking a break always counts as participation.