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Lesson Title and Description
Three Sisters Garden Fall Harvest During the fall students will learn about Native American communities’ relationships to native plants by exploring their school’s native habitat garden. They will also be exposed to the symbiotic relationship between squash, beans, and corn in the Three Sisters garden as they collect measurements from the fall Harvest. Three Sisters Garden Spring Planting During the spring students will be exposed to the symbiotic relationship between squash, beans and corn as they plant a Native American Three Sisters Garden. They will calculate harvest dates and prepare seeds for future plantings. |
Alignment with California State Standards
History-Social Science: 2.3.3 Discuss the ways in which physical geography, including climate, influenced how the local Indian nations adapted to their natural environment (how they obtained food, clothing, tools). 2.3.4 Discuss the interaction of new settlers with the already established Indians of the region. 3.5.1 Describe the ways in which local producers have used and are using natural resources, human resources, and capital resources to produce goods and services in the past and in the present Common Core Content Standards for Mathematics (Measurement and Geometry): 2. Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units of grams (g), kilograms (kg), and liters. |
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Lesson Title and Description
What Good is Compost? Students are introduced to the science behind compost and conduct a scientific experiment to measure the impact of compost on plant growth |
Alignment with California State Standards
Next Generation Science Standard: 3-LS3-2 Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment. |
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Lesson Title and Description
The Mighty Worm! Students become familiar with the anatomy of an earthworm and observe the role of the worm as a soil tiller by creating and monitoring a worm bin. The worms are eventually set free in the school garden to help produce fertile soil |
Alignment with California State Standards
Next Generation Science Standard: 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. 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. |
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Lesson Title and Description
The World of Color Students will investigate the relationship between light color and plant growth as they set up an experiment using vegetables and colored filters in the classroom. |
Alignment with California State Standards
Next Generation Science Standard: 3-LS3-2 Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment. |
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Lesson Title and Description
Life Cycle of a Tomato Students study the life cycle of a plant as they save tomato seeds from heirloom tomatoes provided or harvested in the school garden and plant them in the late winter/early spring to grow new seedlings. |
Alignment with California State Standards
Next Generation Science Standard: 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. Framework for K-12 Science Education: Science & Engineering Practices:
Disciplinary Core Ideas LS1-B Growth and Development of Organisms - Plants and animals have unique and diverse life cycles. Crosscutting Concepts:
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