Nature is amazing! Come explore how farming can take ideas from the natural world and work with natural resources to create food for us.
Ohio Science Standards:
- 3.ESS.1: Earth’s nonliving resources have specific properties.
- 3.ESS.3: Some of Earth’s resources are limited.
- 3.ESS.2: Earth’s resources can be used for energy.
NGSS Standards:
- 3-LS4-3. Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
- 3-ESS2-2. Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
- 3-LS4-4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity. Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
- 3-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity. Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
Ohio Social Studies Standards:
- Geography – Places and Regions: Daily life is influenced by the agriculture, industry and natural resources in different communities.
- Geography – Human Systems: Evidence of positive and negative human modification of the environment can be observed in the local community.
- Economics – Scarcity: Both positive and negative incentives affect individuals’ choices and behaviors.
- Economics – Scarcity: Individuals must make decisions because of the scarcity of resources. Making a decision involves a trade-off.
Vocabulary:
Natural resources, mineral, rock, forest, water, soil, coal, natural gas, animals, petroleum, energy, climate, weather, human impact