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.
Background
Lesson Activities
Recommended Companion Resources
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
- http://www.nutritioulicious.com/2010/10/interesting-walnut-facts/
- 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.
- Geography Standard 4 (Grades K-2): The physical and human characteristics of places.
- 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.
- K-ESS2: Earth's Systems