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A Walnut Orchard Through the Seasons

Students discover the changes that take place in a walnut orchard through the seasons by reading and discussing a story about a walnut farm.

Grades
K – 2
Estimated Time
50 minutes
Updated
January 13, 2023

Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Robin Satnick | California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom

Acknowledgements

A partnership project of California Walnut Board and California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom

Sources

  1. http://www.nutritioulicious.com/2010/10/interesting-walnut-facts/
  2. http://www.superkidsnutrition.com/mt_walnuts/

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Social Studies – Geography
    • Geography Standard 4 (Grades K-2): The physical and human characteristics of places.
      • Objective 1: Places are locations having distinctive characteristics that give them meaning and distinguish them from other locations.
      • Objective 2: Places have physical and human characteristics.
    • Geography Standard 5 (Grades K-2): That people create regions to interpret Earth's complexity.
      • Objective 1: Regions are areas of Earth's surface with unifying physical and/or human characteristics.
    • Geography Standard 11 (Grades K-2): The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface.
      • Objective 2: Some locations are better suited than others to provide certain goods and services.
  • Science
    • K-ESS2: Earth's Systems
      • K-ESS2-1: Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
    • K-ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
      • 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.
    • K-LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
      • K-LS1-1: Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.