A Search for the Source (Grades 6-8)
In this lesson students will learn 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."

Background
Lesson Activities
Recommended Companion Resources
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 – Economics
- Economics Standard 1 (Grades 6-8): Scarcity
- Objective (Grades 6-8): Identify what they gain and what they give up when they make choices.
- Economics Standard 2 (Grades 6-8): Decision Making
- Objective (Grades 6-8): Make effective decisions as consumers, producers, savers, investors, and citizens.
- Economics Standard 1 (Grades 6-8): Scarcity
- Social Studies – History
- NCSS 3 (Grades 6-8): People, Places, and Environments
- Objective 7: Human modifications of the environment.
- NCSS 7 (Grades 6-8): Production, Distribution, and Consumption
- Objective 1: Individuals, government, and society experience scarcity because human wants and needs exceed what can be produced from available resources.
- NCSS 3 (Grades 6-8): People, Places, and Environments