Youth

Aggie Horticulture for Kids
Texas A&M University Horticulture Program that includes information on gardening, nutrition, composting, etc.
 
American Community Gardening Association
National membership organization promoting community gardens.

Be a Beetle Buster
This fun, inquiry-based program will help you empower your students to play a central role in saving your community’s trees. Through flexible, standards-based units — one for Upper Elementary and After-School/Summer Programs, and one for Middle School and High School — you can achieve your teaching goals while challenging your students to make a difference in their community.
 
Dream Machine Recycle Rally (new!)
The Dream Machine Recycle Rally™ is an exciting recycling program that gives schools a chance to earn rewards and compete for contest prizes, all while helping to make the planet a cleaner, greener place, and supporting post-9/11 disabled U.S. veterans.
 
Environmental Health Perspectives
This program promotes environmental health literacy, using scientific literature to teach students the principles of environmental health science. The lessons published through the EHP Science Education Program encourage students to learn about their health and their environment through cooperative hands-on and critical thinking activities and real-world examples.

EPA Teaching Center
This site is for both formal and nonformal educators who wish to teach about the environment. It offers background information on a variety of topics, lesson plans, and activities that work in and out of the classroom. You will also find information on workshops, conferences, grants, awards and a variety of other information that will assist you in your educational goals whether you teach in a traditional classroom setting, an outdoor classroom, a community center or in your home.

Farmer Brown's Garden Path
Information on "square foot" gardening.

Kidsgardening
Sponsored by the National Gardening Association, this page includes information on youth garden grants, a resource directory and a school garden registry, among other things.

KinderGardens
Texas A&M University. Information and research on children's gardens, gardening with children, survey, etc.

Sustainable Agricultural Resources for Teachers
U.S. Department of Agriculture webpage that includes resources, contacts, books and articles.

School Gardens
Information on how to build school gardens, design considerations, curricula, etc. from Texas A&M University.

Treasures of the Texas Coast Children’s Art Contest
All Texas students (public, private, and home-schooled) in grades K-6 are invited to participate in this art contest, sponsored by the Texas General Land Office. All submissions must be postmarked by Monday, March 5th, 2012.
 
Youth Garden Grants
The National Gardening Association's KidsGardening.com annually awards 400 Youth Garden Grants to schools and other programs throughout the United States. The grants may be awarded to groups who plan on gardening with at least 15 children between the ages of 3 and 18.