Education
Illinois Learning Standards
The Illinois Learning Standards (ILS) define what all students in all Illinois public schools should know and be able to do in the seven core areas as a result of their elementary and secondary schooling. Below is a list of our programs and the standards criteria/code each program meets in its curriculum.
| Grade Level | Guided Program | IL Standards |
| Pre-K – K | Discovering Plants | 11AECa, 11AECb, 11BECa,12CEC |
| Discovering Trees | 11AECa, 11AECb, 11BECa,12CEC | |
| Pre-K – 2 | Trains & Trees | 11AECa, 12AECa; 11A1a, 12C1b |
| K – 2 | Surprising Seeds | 12A1a, 12A1b, 12C1b |
| Garden Groceries | 12A1a, 12A1b, 12C1b | |
| A Walk in the Woods | 12B1a, 12B1b | |
| Garden Inquiry | 11A1b, 11A1c, 11A1d, 11A1f | |
| Insect Investigations | 12A1a, 12A1b,12B1a | |
| K – 5 | Science Sleuths | 11A1a, 12A1a; 12C1b, 12A2a |
| 3 – 5 | Flower Lab | 12A2a, 12B2a |
| Plant Propagation | 12A2a, 12B2b | |
| Pondering the Prairie | 11A2b, 12B2a, 12B2b | |
| Forest Fundamentals | 12B2a, 12B2b | |
| 6–12 | Water Quality | 11A3a, 11A3c, 11A3f |
| Ecosystems & Adaptations | 12A3c, 12B3b | |
| Photosynthesis | 11A3a, 11A3c, 11A3f | |
| Journey Through Rare Books | 12A3c; CCK-12WR9, CC11-12WHST7 | |
| Green Buildings | 11B2a, 11B2c, 1B2d, 11B2e |
| Grade Level | Self-Guided Backpack | IL Standards |
| K – 5 | Malott Japanese Garden | 11A1a; 16 E1(W); 26A1e |
| K – 2 | Sensory Garden | 11A1a, 12A1a, 12C1b |
| 3 – 5 | McDonald Woods | 11A2b, 11A2d, 12B2a |
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