August-June
Get a solid understanding of where our food comes from and how we grow it on our working farm. We will investigate and learn growing practices of livestock, flowers and produce from our pastures to the greenhouse and the gardens.
Standards:
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- Ohio
- K.LS.1: Living things have specific characteristics and traits.
- 1.ESS.1: The sun is the principal source of energy.
- 2.LS.1: Living things cause changes on Earth.
- 3.LS.3: Plants and animals have life cycles that are part of their adaptations for survival in their natural environments.
- 5.LS.1 Organisms perform a variety of roles in an ecosystem.
- 7.LS.2 In any particular biome, the number, growth and survival of organisms and populations depend on biotic and abiotic factors. Elements can be organized by properties
- NGSS
- K-ESS3-1. Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
- 1-ESS1-2. Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.
- 2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
- 3-LS2-1. Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
- 3-LS3-1. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
- 5-LS2-1. Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
- Ohio
Vocabulary:
Farming, livestock, produce, pasture, greenhouse, ecosystem, biotic, abiotic, biodiversity, habitats