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Students design a green bean planter and explore planting specifications for green bean seeds. Grades 3-5

Grades
3 – 5
Estimated Time
3 hours
Updated
January 31, 2023

Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Mandi Bottoms | California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom

Acknowledgements

  • Contributing Writers and Editors: Liz Baskins, Judy Culbertson, Mindy DeRohan, Len Fingerman, Hayley Lawson, Brenda Metzger, Judee Sani, Sue Squires
  • Funding for this lesson series was made possible by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service through grant 17-0275-022-SC. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Science
    • 3-5-ETS1: Engineering Design
      • 3-5-ETS1-1: Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
      • 3-5-ETS1-2: Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.