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Build your BYFP lesson plan
in about 5 minutes

Choose your grade, review your pre-loaded activities, and print a complete lesson plan with step-by-step instructions, timing, and materials. No gardening expertise required.

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Before you teach

Two things to grab

A few of the optional activities use a student journal or a slide from the class deck. Download both once and you are set for the whole cycle.

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Student journal

Some optional activities have a journal component, students record observations, measurements and reflections. If you select those in the planner, print this journal for your class.

Download the journal ↓
📗 Printing instructions
  • Print settings: Landscape orientation, letter paper (11″ × 8.5″), no scaling, with “Print background graphics” enabled.
  • Double-sided: Use your printer’s duplex setting (flip on short edge), or print the odd pages first, reload the paper, then print the even pages.
  • Assemble: Stack all sheets in order, fold in half along the dashed center line, and staple twice along the spine.
  • Result: A 24-page half-letter booklet (about 5.5″ × 8.5″). It works great in black and white, and the flower border prints beautifully in grayscale.
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Class slide deck

Some activities list a slide number to project as you teach. Download the accompanying deck and open to the slide the planner calls out for each activity.

Download the slide deck ↓

Your printed lesson plan tells you exactly when a journal page or a slide number comes up, you never have to guess.

Ready when you are

Launch the planner, pick your grade, and print your first lesson in about five minutes.

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