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Science and Poetry with Almonds

Students explore the almond tree life cycle including tree dormancy, pollination, bloom, and kernel development of an almond.

Grades
3 – 5
Estimated Time
Two 50-minute sessions plus additional time for activities
Updated
September 13, 2024

Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Rebecca Bailey, Mary Pat Jones, Jenny Nicolau, and DeAnn Tenhunfeld | California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom

Acknowledgements

  • Original Development Team: Laceyanne Sullivan Chojnacki and Jennifer Dickey
  • Executive Director: Judy Culbertson
  • Layout and Design: Nina Danner, Lyn Hyatt, and Jennifer Ray

The original concept for California Almonds: An Almond Story was developed by participants in the Almond Board of California’s Almond Leadership Program. The lesson plans were further developed by California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom with support from the Almond Board of California.

Sources

  1. http://www.almonds.com/consumers/about-almonds/history-of-almonds
  2. http://www.waterfordnut.com/facts.html
  3. http://www.foodreference.com/html/falmonds.html

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Science
    • 3-LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
      • 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.
    • 4-LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
      • 4-LS1-1: Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
    • 5-LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
      • 5-LS1-1: Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.