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01 Mar 2021

Farm Adaptations

August-June 

Come discover how life around the farm has developed to be better suited to the environment it inhabits.  As farmers, we can use these adaptations as tools to help us be successful.  

Ohio Science Standards:

  • 3.LS.3: Plants and animals have life cycles that are part of their adaptations for survival in their natural environments.

Indiana and NGSS Standards:

  • 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
  • 3-LS4-2. Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing
  • 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.

Ohio Social Studies Standards:

  • History – Historical Thinking and Skills: Events in local history can be shown on timelines organized by years, decades and centuries.
  • History – Heritage: Local communities change overtime.
  • Geography – Places and Regions: Daily life is influenced by the agriculture, industry and natural resources in different communities.
  • Geography – Humans Systems: Evidence of positive and negative human modification of the environment can be observed in the local community.
  • Geography – Humans Systems: Systems of transportation and communication move people, products and ideas from place to place.

Vocabulary:

Adaptation, life cycle, group survival, inherited, parent, offspring, trait, characteristic

01 Mar 2021

Life Cycles on the Farm

August-June 

All stages of life can be found around the farm.  Join us as we learn more about these living things, what stage they are in, and how they can contribute to the well-being of the farm.

Ohio Science Standards:

  • K.LS.1: Living things have specific characteristics and traits.
  • 1.LS.2: Living things survive only in environments that meet their needs.
  • 2.LS.2: All organisms alive today result from their ancestors, some of which may be extinct. Not all kinds of organisms that lived in the past are represented by living organisms today.
  • 3.LS.1: Offspring resemble their parents and each other.
  • 4.LS.1 Changes in an organism’s environment are sometimes beneficial to its survival and sometimes harmful.
  • 5.LS.2: All of the processes that take place within organisms require energy.
  • 6.LS.4: Living systems at all levels of organization demonstrate the complementary nature of structure and function.

Indiana and NGSS Standards:

  • 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-LS1-2. Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
  • 2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
  • 3-LS1-1. Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
  • 4-LS1-1. Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
  • 5-LS2-1. Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment
  • MS-LS1-4. Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Ohio Social Studies Standards (K-8):
  • 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:

Life cycle, stages, living, offspring, parent, organism

01 Mar 2021

Farm Interactions

August-June 

 Students will experience life on the farm and uncover the interactions happening between living and non-living things. Students will observe and consider how the actions of animals and farmers impact one another and support life on the farm.

Ohio Science Standards:

  • 2.LS.1: Living things cause changes on Earth.

Indiana and NGSS Standards:

  • 2-PS1-1.Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.
  • 2-PS1-2.Analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.
  • 2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
  • 2-LS2-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
  • 2-LS2-2. Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.

Ohio Social Studies Standards:

  • Geography – Places and Regions: The work that people do is impacted by the distinctive human and physical characteristics in the place where they live.
  • Geography – Human Systems: Human activities alter the physical environment, both positively and negatively
  • Economics- Scarcity: Resources can be used in various ways

Vocabulary:

Living, nonliving, ecosystem, farm, observation, habitats, biodiversity

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.

Ohio Science Standards:

  • 1.LS.2: Living things survive only in environments that meet their needs.

Indiana and NGSS Standards:

  • 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.

Ohio Social Studies Standards:

  • History – Historical Thinking and Skills: Time can be divided into categories (e.g., months of the year, past, present and future).
  • Geography – Places and Regions: Places are distinctive because of their physical characteristics (land forms and bodies of water) and human characteristics (structures built by people).
  • Geography – Human Systems: Families interact with the physical environment differently in different times and places.
  • Economics – Production and Consumption: People produce and consume goods and services in the community.

Vocabulary:

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

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