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   Current JMG® Curriculum Materials
The Junior Master Gardener Program currently offers a core curriculum which covers a broad range of horticultural topics and stand-alone curriculum units, Golden Ray Curriculum, that focuses on a specific discipline or study.
    Level 1 JMG® core curriculum is targeted for grades 3-5 and offers individual and group learning experiences for youths and teachers.
Level 1 Golden Ray Series
Health and Nutrition
from the Garden
Level 2 JMG® – Operation Thistle: Seeds of Despair. This curriculum focuses on youths in grades 6-8.
This first module of Operation Thistle teaches kids all about plant growth and development while pitting them and JMG Plant Intelligence against the cunning, evil Dr. Thistle. While engaging in their mission to defeat the nefarious doctor, youths will learn about plants’ growth, classification, parts, needs, processes, and seed & vegetative propagation. 
      All JMG® curricula include:
  • independent and group learning experiences
  • life/skill and career exploration
  • service learning opportunities for youth
  • correlation to state teaching standards
    Current Curricula Efforts :
  • JMG e-learning
  • JMGTV
  • Golden Ray Curriculum - Literature in the Garden (Level 1)
  • Wildlife Gardeners (Level 1)
  • Liberty Gardens (Level 1)
  • Operation Thistle: W.A.T.E.R. – Thistle Goes Underground (Level 2)
  • The First Seeds (preJMG)