Laboratorios para la Vida makes scientific inquiry, agroecology, nutrition, and health, part of everyday life in the classroom, garden, and community. This manual describes in detail learning activities that make the school garden a living laboratory, from planting beans to discover the best kind of soil, from the role of bugs in the garden to determine toxic substances concentration. School gardens can facilitate learning in practically any academic field. You will also find fact sheets with advice on agroecological design and soil management and examples of plants to grow and how to care for them.