Get Growing
Students design a green bean planter and explore planting specifications for green bean seeds. Grades 3-5
Background
Lesson Activities
Recommended Companion Resources
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.
- 3-5-ETS1: Engineering Design