Standard: Science

01 Mar 2021

Digging Deeper with Soil

August-June 

All life depends on soil. Come learn how this important building block impacts life around Greenacres, and how we create healthier soil through farming practices. We will also experience how soil scientists study the properties of soil.

Ohio Science Standards:

  • 6.ESS.5 Rocks, mineral and soils have common and practical uses.
  • 6.ESS.4 Soil is unconsolidated material that contains nutrient matter and weathered rock.

Indiana and NGSS Standards:

  • MS-ESS2-4 Earth’s Systems. Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
  • MS-ESS3-3. Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
  • MS-LS1-6 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes. Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
  • MS-LS2-3 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics. Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
  • MS-LS2-5 Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.

Ohio Social Studies Standards:

  • Economics – Markets: The interaction of supply and demand, influenced by competition, helps to determine price in a market. This interaction also determines the quantities of outputs produced and the quantities of productive resources (entrepreneurship, human resources, natural resources and capital) used.

Vocabulary:

 soil, soil properties, organic matter, air, water, microbes, soil tools, compost

01 Mar 2021

Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers on the Farm

August-June 

 Ecosystems are always at work on a farm!  Join us as we investigate the roles of producers, consumers and decomposers and how they help us everyday. 

Ohio Science Standards:

  •  5.LS.1 Organisms perform a variety of roles in an ecosystem.

Indiana and NGSS Standards:

  • 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-LS2-1. Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the 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-LS1-1. Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

Ohio Social Studies Standards:

  • Geography – Human Systems: The variety of physical environments within the Western Hemisphere influences human activities. Likewise, human activities modify the physical environments.
  • Economics – Production and Consumption: The availability of productive resources and the division of labor can have a positive or negative impact on productive capacity

    Vocabulary:

    producer, consumer, decomposer, ecosystem, compost, livestock, crops

    01 Mar 2021

    Traditional Farming Methods

    August-June 

    Old is new again! This field trip is a surprise adventure for students to uncover clues about traditional farming methods of the past and how we have adapted them for the future.

    Indiana and NGSS Standards:
    • 5-ESS3-1. Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
    • 3-5-ETS1-2 Engineering Design. Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

    Ohio Social Studies Standards:

    • History- Heritage: European exploration and colonization during the 1400s 1600s had lasting effects which can be used to understand the Western Hemisphere today.
    • Geography – Human Systems: The variety of physical environments within the Western Hemisphere influences human activities. Likewise, human activities modify the physical environments.

    Vocabulary:

    traditional farming, beekeeping, seed saving, tools, soil, ley field, crop rotation, livestock

    01 Mar 2021

    Pollinators and Our Food

    April- October  

    What’s all the buzz about!? Our food is dependent upon pollination, come see up-close how and who makes it happen!

    Ohio Science Standards:

    • 5.LS.1 Organisms perform a variety of roles in an ecosystem.

    NGSS Standards:

    • 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-LS2-1. Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

    Ohio Social Studies Standards:

    • History- Heritage: European exploration and colonization during the 1400s 1600s had lasting effects which can be used to understand the Western Hemisphere today.
    • Geography – Human Systems: The variety of physical environments within the Western Hemisphere influences human activities. Likewise, human activities modify the physical environments.
    • Economics – Production and Consumption: The availability of productive resources and the division of labor can have a positive or negative impact on productive capacity.

    Vocabulary:

    pollinators, pollination, parts of a plant, beekeeping, beekeeping equipment, hive

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