Grade 1

The Grade 1 farm visit will address the following Ohio Standard Grade Level Indicators:

Grade 1: Life Science

• 1.1 Explore that organisms, including people, have basic needs which include air, water, food, living space and shelter.
• 1.2 Explain that food comes from sources other than grocery stores

Grade 1: Earth and Space Sciences

• 1.1 Identify that resources are things that we get from the living and nonliving environment and that resources are necessary to meet the needs and wants of a population.
• 1.2 Explain that the supply of many resources is limited but the supply can be extended through careful use, decreased use, reusing and/or recycling.

Grade 1: Scientific Inquiry

• 1.1 Ask "what happens when" questions.
• 1.2 Explore and pursue student-generated "what happens when" questions.
• 1.9 Describe things as accurately as possible and compare with the observations of others.

Grade 1: Scientific Ways of Knowing

• 1.2 Demonstrate good explanations based on evidence from investigations and observations.

Grade 1: Geography

• 1.3 Identify and use symbols to locate places of significance o maps and globes.
• 1.5 Identify and describe the physical features (lake, river, hill, mountain, forest) and human features town, city farm, park, playground, house, traffic signs/signals) of places in the community.

Grade 1: Economics.

• 1.2 Describe the ways people produce, consume and exchange goods and services in their community.

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Grade 3

The Grade 3 farm visit will address the following Ohio Standard Grade Level Indicators: Grade 3: Life Sciences

• 3.6 Describe how changes in an organism's habitat are sometimes beneficial and sometimes harmful.

Earth and Space Sciences

• 3.4 Observe and describe the composition of soil (e.g. small pieces of rock and decomposed pieces of plants and animals, and products of plants and animals.)
• 3.5 Investigate properties of soil (e.g., color, texture, capacity to retain water, ability to support plant growth.
• 3.6 Investigate that soils are often found in layers and can be different from place to place.

Grade 3: Scientific Inquiry:

• 3.2 Discuss observations and measurements made by other people.
• 3.5 Record and organize observations (e.g., journals, charts and tables).
• 3.6 Communicate scientific findings to others through a variety of methods (e.g., pictures, written, oral, and recorded observations.

Social Studies

• Identify ways that physical characteristics of the environment (i.e., landforms, bodies of water, climate and vegetation) affect and have been modified by the local community.

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Grade 5

The Grade 5 farm visit will address the following Ohio Standard Grade Level Indicators:

Grade 5: Life Sciences

• 5.1 Describe the role of producers in the transfer of energy entering ecosystems as sunlight to chemical energy through photosynthesis.
• 5.2 Explain how almost all kinds of animals’ food can be traced back to plants.
• 5.3 Trace the organization of simple food chains and food webs (e.g., producers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores and decomposers)
• 5.4 summarize that organisms can survive only in ecosystems in which their needs can be met (e.g., food, water, shelter, air, carrying capacity and waste disposal). The world has different ecosystems and distinct ecosystems support the lives of different types of organisms.
• 5.5 Support how an organism's patterns of behavior are related to the nature of that organism's ecosystem, including the kinds and numbers of other organisms present, the availability of food and resources, and the changing physical characteristics of the ecosystem.
• 5.6 Analyze how all organism, including humans, cause changes in their ecosystems and how these changes can be beneficial, neutral or detrimental (e.g., beaver ponds, earthworm burrows, grasshoppers eating plants, people planting and cutting trees and people introducing a new species.)

Grade 5:  Earth and Space Sciences

• 5.6 Investigate ways Earth’s renewable resources (e.g., fresh water, air, wildlife and trees) can be maintained.

Grade 5:  Scientific Inquiry

• 5.2 Evaluate observations and measurements made by other people and identify reasons for any discrepancies.
• 5.5 Identify potential hazards and/or precautions involved in an investigation.  

Grade 5: Scientific Ways of Knowing

• 5.1 Summarize how conclusions and ideas change as new knowledge is gained.
• 5.2 Develop descriptions, explanations and models using evidence to defend/support findings.

Grade 5:  Science and Technology

• 5.3 Explain how the solution to one problem may create other problems.

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