Background
Lesson Activities
Recommended Companion Resources
Credits
Author
Mandi Bottoms and Molly Wong | California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom
Standards
National Content Area Standards
- Science
- K-2-ETS1: Engineering Design
- K-2-ETS1-2: Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
- K-2-ETS1-1: Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
- Pre-K Scientific Inquiry P-SCI 1: Child observes and describes observable phenomena (objects, materials, organisms, and events).
- P-SCI 1-4: Represents observable phenomena with pictures, diagrams, and 3-D models.
- Pre-K Scientific Inquiry P-SCI 2: Child engages in scientific talk.
- P-SCI 2-2: Uses scientific content words when investigating and describing observable phenomena, such as parts of a plant, animal, or object.
- K-2-ETS1: Engineering Design