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Build your BYFP lesson plan
in about 5 minutes

Preview it free with a sample lesson. When your grow lab arrives, you unlock the full planner, every grade and every week, with step-by-step instructions, timing and materials ready to print. No gardening expertise required.

Before you teach

Three things to grab

Start with the ready-made 4-week lesson plan. The student journal and class slide deck support a few of the optional activities, so grab those too if you plan to use them. Enter your access code to download the full files.

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4-week lesson plan

A complete, ready-to-teach plan for all four weeks, from planting to Salad Day. Print it and go.

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Student journal

For activities where students record what they observe, measure and notice. Print one per student.

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Printing instructions

Print the journal on standard 8.5″ × 11″ paper.

  • Set orientation to Landscape, two-sided printing on, with binding on the Short Edge (also called “Flip on Short Side”).
  • Print all 12 pages without scaling.
  • Stack the 6 sheets in order, fold the whole stack in half together, and staple along the fold.
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Class slide deck

Slides to project during the activities that call for them. Open to the slide the planner names.

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

Watch first

See the planner in action

A quick walkthrough of building and printing your first lesson plan.

How to use the lesson planner

Try it before you buy

Open a free sample lesson, pick your grade, and see a plan in about five minutes.
The full planner unlocks when you order your grow lab.