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Can We Grow Plants Without Soil?
Experiment: Can We Grow Plants Without Soil? Grades: K - 6 Students will discover how to grow plants without using soil in a system called hydroponics. Set up: 1 hour Observation: 1 hour the next day What do plants need to survive? We use the acronym L.A.W.N.S. to...
The Great Celery Experiment
Experiment: How does water move in a plant? Grades: K - 6 Have you ever wondered how water moves upward from the roots to the leaves of a plant? How does water get all the way up to the top of a tall tree? In this lesson, students will learn about how water moves...
Job Posting: Administrative Coordinator
We're Hiring aa Administrative Coordinator! Work with us! The LGT Administrative Coordinator is a key member of the Little Green Thumbs program national office, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This role is responsible for coordinating the procurement and...
How to ripen and store your homegrown tomatoes
So, frost came a little early and your tomatoes are still green?! Don’t fret, you can give your tomatoes a little help to ripen off the vine! First, a bit of information about what affects ripening. Ideally, it’s best to ripen tomatoes on the vine. The optimal...
Homegrown Tomatoes – A Song by Guy Clark
To celebrate growing tomatoes, here's our favourite tomato song written and performed by Guy Clark. To quote: "Only two things that money can't buy and that's true love and homegrown tomatoes." Little Green Thumbs students might like listening to the song, or singing...
Why are the leaves curling on our class tomato plant?
This is called physiological leaf roll! Fortunately, leaf roll doesn’t affect the growth of the tomato or the fruit. It’s not caused by an insect or disease but by environmental factors* Environmental factors are anything that causes stress to the plant such as not...
Notice for Little Green Thumbs Teachers
Hi Little Green Thumbs teachers, Due to the recent class cancellations as a response to COVID-19, we want to provide some information regarding the care of your gardens and vermicomposting bins during extended absence, as well as information regarding available...
Build Your Classroom Worm Home
Vermicomposting is easy, fun, good for the earth and presents countless learning opportunities. Use this guide to create your classroom worm habitat - AKA a worm bin! What is a Worm Bin? A worm bin serves to contain the entire vermicomposting operation...
Pen Pals 2019-2020
We invite our Gr. 1 to Gr. 4 Little Green Thumbs classrooms to take part in Little Green Pen Pals, which engages students in cultural exchange, inquiry-based learning and literacy, as well as opportunities to build friendships across Canada! What is Little...