Grade: 1st

07 Mar 2023

Arts in the Natural World Series: Ephemeral Art

March – October

Ephemeral Art, or Environmental Art, is all about how we can create art outside that leaves no negative environmental impact. Immerse yourself in the natural world and discover how to use your surroundings to create art with mediums you may not have considered before. This program is best suited for warmer months (March 15-October 31)

Standards:

  • LS.K.1 Living things have specific characteristics and traits.
  • VA.1.3RE Share their artmaking processes with peers.
  • VA.1.2PR Invent imagery and symbols to express thoughts and feelings.

Vocabulary:

Richard Schilling, Andy Goldsworthy, Environmental Art, ephemeral, natural materials, decompose, two-dimensional, three-dimensional

01 Mar 2021

Fall Harvest/Spring Blooms

September-October & April-May

Both Spring and Fall have a lot to offer on a farm!  Come explore the wonders of these two seasons of transition.

Standards:

  • Ohio
    • 1.LS.2: Living things survive only in environments that meet their needs.
  • NGSS
    • 1-LS3-1. Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
    • 1-ESS1-2. Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.

Vocabulary:

Season, living, observation, parent, offspring, daylight, spring, fall, harvest, bloom

01 Mar 2021

Power of the Sun

August – June

The sun, and it’s energy, is essential to many of the living things on a farm and may even influence more than first meets the eye!  While spending time in our Greenhouse, we will see first hand the sun at work.

Standards:

  • Ohio
    • 1.ESS.1: The sun is the principal source of energy.
  • NGSS
    • 1-ESS1-2. Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.
    • 1-ESS1-1. Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

Vocabulary:

Sun, energy, greenhouse, daylight, observation

01 Mar 2021

Needs of Living Things on the Farm

August – June

All living things have basic needs.  Come discover what it takes to nurture the organisms big and small around the farm.

Standards:

  • Ohio
    • 1.LS.1 Living things have basic needs, which are met by obtaining materials from the physical environment.
  • NGSS
    • 1-LS1-1. Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.1.LS.1 Living things have basic needs, which are met by obtaining materials from the physical environment.

Vocabulary:

Living, nonliving, adaptations, habitat

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