Grade: High School

05 Feb 2024

Taking the Stage

August-June 

Take center stage at the Arts Center and put your creative instincts to practice! Through music and theatre, work with your classmates to discover performance techniques that can be valuable in many areas of life, and find the pride to star in a final performance.

Fine Arts Standards:

  • DN.HSP.1PE Perform movement studies demonstrating expression and clarity of intent.
  • MUS.ENN.7PE Recognize and describe how to refine individual and ensemble performances of varied repertoire in a rehearsal setting.
  • TH.HSP.2PE Demonstrate the collaborative skills necessary for producing a scene with a unified vision.

Social and Emotional Learning Standards:

  • SEL.D1. 2.d Apply constructive feedback to strengthen connections and achieve common goals

    Vocabulary:

    script, ensemble, inspiration

    04 Jan 2024

    Nature Awareness

    August-June

    Awareness of your surroundings can lead to a deeper connection with nature, and with yourself. Walk silently through the forest, hear the quietest sounds, see the smallest movement. Students will use these skills as they experience Greenacres and connect to nature and themselves in a deep and authentic way. 

    Ohio Science Standards

    • SWK l: Various science disciplines use diverse methods to obtain evidence and do not always use the same set of procedures to obtain and analyze data
    • SHE: Science depends on curiosity, imagination, creativity and persistence.
    • SHE: Science and engineering are influenced by technological advances and society; technological advances and society are influenced by science and engineering

      Vocabulary:  awareness, sit spot, observation, hypothesis

      Introduction: CLICK HERE for a mushroom poster from  a Greenacres educator

      Introduction: CLICK HERE for a bird poster from a Greenacres educator

      19 Dec 2023

      Know your Zone

      August-June

      The USDA uses zones to define certain growing areas. Our farm, located in zone 6b, faces challenges from weather, pests, and soil conditions. Join us as we learn and engage with the farmers as they tackle and solve daily challenges in our zone. 

      Ohio Science Standards:

      • B.DI.1: Biodiversity 
      • B.DI.2: Ecosystems
      • B.DI.3: Loss of diversity

      Indiana and NGSS Standards:

      • HS-LS2-2. Use mathematical representations to support and revise explanations based on evidence about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales.
      • HS-LS2-4. Use mathematical representations to support claims for the cycling of matter and flow of energy among organisms in an ecosystem.
      • HS-LS2-6. Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem.
      • HS-LS4-5. Evaluate the evidence supporting claims that changes in environmental conditions may result in (1) increases in the number of individuals of some species, (2) the emergence of new species over time, and (3) the extinction of other species.

      Ohio Social Studies Standards:

      • Geography – Spatial Thinking and Skills: Maps and other geographic representations can be used to trace the development of human settlement over time.
      • Geography – Human Systems: Geographic factors promote or impede the movement of people, products and ideas.
      • Economics – Scarcity: The variability in the distribution of productive resources in the various regions of the world contributed to specialization, trade and interdependence.

      Vocabulary:

       zone, mapping, crop, seeds, cultivation, season, temperature, region, germination, heirloom, microclimate, diversity 

      13 Dec 2023

      Inquiry on the Farm (Grades 4+)

      December – February

       Scientific inquiry is a way of doing science that includes making observations, forming hypotheses, designing studies, collecting data, and drawing conclusions. While spending time in the greenhouse and other growing spaces, even in winter, students will design and conduct a simple investigation to learn about farming through the inquiry process.

      Ohio Science Standards:

      • SIPA Grade 3-5: Observe and ask questions about the world that can be answered through scientific investigations.
      • SWK Grade 3-5: Science is a way of knowing about the world around us based on evidence from experimentation and observations. 
      • SWK Grade 6-8: Science is a way of knowing about the world around us based on evidence from experimentation and observations.
      • SWK Grade 6-8: Science is a continual process and the body of scientific knowledge continues to grow and change.

      Indiana and 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. 
      • 4-PS3-2.Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
      • 5-ESS3-1 Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
      • 5-PS3-1:Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
      • 5-ESS3-1 Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
      • MS – LS2-1. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
      • MS-PS3-3. Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.  

      Social Studies Standards (K-8):

      • Geography – Spatial Thinking and Skills: Spatial thinking examines the relationships among people, places and environments by mapping and graphing geographic data. Geographic data are compiled, organized, stored and made visible using traditional and geospatial technologies. Students need to be able to access, read, interpret and create maps and other geographic representations as tools of analysis.
      • Government – Civic Participation and Skills: Civic participation embraces the ideal that an individual actively engages in his or her community, state or nation for the common good. Students need to practice effective communication skills including negotiation, compromise and collaboration. Skills in accessing and analyzing information are essential for citizens in a democracy.
      • Economics – Economic Decision Making and Skills: Effective economic decision making requires students to be able to reason logically about key economic issues that affect their lives as consumers, producers, savers, investors and citizens. Economic decision-making and skills engage students in the practice of analyzing costs and benefits, collecting and organizing economic evidence and proposing alternatives to economic problems.

      Vocabulary: Observation, Investigation, Comparative Question, Data, Analysis

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