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At Home on the Range (Grades 3-5)

Students investigate rangelands by growing their own grass to represent a beef or sheep ranch.

Grades
3 – 5
Estimated Time
1 hour, plus ongoing observation and discussion
Updated
September 22, 2023
top view of several plastic cups with growing grass at different heights
Image: NCAL Team

Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Debra Spielmaker | Utah Agriculture in the Classroom

Acknowledgements

Story-writing activity (Activity 3) contributed by Hooper Elementary (Hooper, UT) teacher Sharlie Wade.

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Social Studies – Geography
    • Geography Standard 11 (Grades 3-4): 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 16 (Grades 3-4): The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources.
      • Objective 1: The characteristics of renewable, nonrenewable, and flow resources.
    • Geography Standard 14 (Grade 5): How human actions modify the physical environment.
      • Objective 3: The physical environment can both accommodate and be endangered by human activities.