GRADES 1-3
Welcome Teachers! Thank you for including Garden of the Salish Sea Curriculum into your classroom. You can download and print lesson plans, activities, and worksheets by opening the links to the viewable google document. Included with each grade, you will find a teacher’s guide and a student notebook to support the lesson plans.
If you would like to have GSSC staff assist you with our curriculum or schedule a field investigation, please contact by emailing our director at garden.salishsea@gmail.com
If you are interested in using our curriculum independently, you may choose to download the individual chapters and exercises per the needs of your students.
1st Grade Curriculum
Lesson Plan Worksheets
Lesson #1: Salish Sea Stewardship Worksheet
Lesson #2: Food Web Foundations Worksheet
Lesson #3: Gardens of the Land and Sea Worksheet
Lesson #4: Phytoplankton Worksheet
Lesson #5: Hermit Crabs Worksheet
Lesson #6: Sea Stars Worksheet
Activity Worksheets
Activity #1: Eco-Plate Worksheet
Activity #2: Bivalve Identification Activity Worksheet
Activity #3: Whale Jenga Worksheet
Activity #4: Sea Life Poster Worksheet
Welcome to our first grade curriculum! Starting with an introduction to the Salish Sea and Stewardship and ending with a deep dive into local species we hope that this will be a great addition to your science curriculum at home or in the classroom.
2nd Grade Curriculum
Welcome to our second grade curriculum! Starting with an introduction to the Salish Sea and Stewardship and ending with a deep dive into local species we hope that this will be a great addition to your science curriculum at home or in the classroom.
3rd Grade Curriculum
Lesson Plans Worksheets
Lesson #1: Salish Sea Stewardship Worksheet
Lesson #2: Exploring Shellfish Worksheet
Lesson #3: Shellfish Rock! Worksheet
Lesson #4: Shellfish Life Cycles Worksheet
Lesson #5: Groups in the Intertidal Worksheet
Activities Worksheets
Activity #1: Shellfish in Time and Place Worksheet
Activity #2: Oyster Observation Worksheet
Welcome to our third grade curriculum! Starting with an introduction to the Salish Sea and Stewardship this curriculum introduces our local shellfish species and what you may find in the intertidal zone at your local beaches. We hope that this will be a great addition to your science curriculum at home or in the classroom.