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A Search for the Source (Grades K-2)

Students determine that agriculture provides nearly all of the products we rely on in any given day by participating in a relay where they match an everyday item with its "source."

Grades
K – 2
Estimated Time
45 minutes
Updated
December 9, 2024

Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Debra Spielmaker | Utah Agriculture in the Classroom

Acknowledgements

Activity adapted from Project Season, by Deborah Parrella.

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Social Studies – History
    • History Standard 2A (Grades K-2): The history of students' own local community and how communities in North America varied long ago.
      • Objective 2: From resources that are available in the local community, record changes that have occurred in goods and services over time.
    • NCSS 3 (Grades K-2): People, Places, and Environments
      • Objective 1: The theme of people, places, and environments involves the study of location, place, and the interactions of people with their surroundings.
      • Objective 7: Benefits and problems resulting from the discovery and use of resources.
    • NCSS 7 (Grades K-2): Production, Distribution, and Consumption
      • Objective 1: How people and communities deal with scarcity of resources.
      • Objective 2: The difference between needs and wants.
      • Objective 3: What people and communities gain and give up when they make a decision.
      • Objective 8: The goods and services produced in the market and those produced by the government.