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Teaching children about agriculture just got easier! Check out Seed Survivor for agriculture lesson plans, videos, games, recipes, posters and much more. This curriculum-based resource will help elementary students learn that plants need water, light, healthy soil, and nutrients to survive.
Grades 3-4 teachers are invited to sign up for a classroom kit for their students as part of our NEW Seed Survivor virtual presentation experience.
Grades 1-6
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Students find and draw the items on the list by searching around the schoolyard. Use this resource to help grade 1 students interact with nature using their own senses and perceptions.
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Discuss senses and observation. Have students complete the activity based on the current season. Wrap up: Discuss student answers, and how change of the seasons may affect the answers.
*Students could also redo this activity as the seasons change.
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Discuss senses and observation. Students explore the garden and draw/describe what they find. Wrap up: share one finding each.
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Students learn to use shadows to predict the approximate size of large objects. Students measure shadows and use ratios to determine actual heights. Wrap up: Can we use the same ratio all the time?
