GRADES 1-3

1st grade
2nd grade
3rd grade

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

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.

Teacher’s Guide

Student Notebook

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.

Second Grade Teacher’s Guide

Second Grade Student Notebook

3rd Grade Curriculum

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.

Teacher’s Guide

Student Notebook