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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.

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.

    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

    01 Mar 2021

    Energy on the Farm

    August-June 

    See how our farmers, livestock, and plants produce and use energy to grow and create food for our community. Through an interactive game, students will work in groups to see the best energy-efficient practices to keep crops alive during a frost, provide water during a drought, and care for the animals on your farm.

    Ohio Science Standards:

    •  4.PS.2: Energy can be transferred from one location to another or can be transformed from one form to another.

    NGSS Standards:

    • 4-PS3-2 Energy. Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
    • 4-PS3-4 Energy. Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

    Ohio Social Studies Standards:

    • Geography – Places and Regions: The economic development of the United States continues to influence and be influenced by agriculture, industry and natural resources in Ohio

    Vocabulary:

    Energy, heat energy, solar energy, energy transfer, energy loss, greenhouse, compost

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