Standard: Science

15 Feb 2024

Seasonal Food on the Farm

August-June

Every season is a different experience when you are on the farm!  Come explore what the current season has to offer for life here.

Ohio Science Standards:

  • 2.ESS.3: Long- and short-term weather changes occur due to changes in energy.

NGSS Standards:

  • 2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
  • 2-LS2-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
  • 2-ESS1-1. Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.
  • 2-ESS2-1. Compare multiple solutions designed to slow or prevent wind or water from changing the shape of the land. 

Ohio Social Studies Standards:

  • History – Historical Thinking and Skills: Time can be shown graphically on calendars and timelines.
  • History – Heritage: Science and technology have changed daily life.
  • Geography – Human Systems: Human activities alter the physical environment, both positively and negatively. 

Vocabulary:

Seasons, weather, energy, Earth, wind, water, erosion, deposition

15 Feb 2024

Farming with Natural Resources

Nature is amazing!  Come explore how farming can take ideas from the natural world and work with natural resources to create food for us.

Ohio Science Standards:

  • 3.ESS.1: Earth’s nonliving resources have specific properties.
  • 3.ESS.3: Some of Earth’s resources are limited.
  • 3.ESS.2: Earth’s resources can be used for energy. 

NGSS Standards:

  • 3-LS4-3. Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
  • 3-ESS2-2. Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
  • 3-LS4-4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity. Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
  • 3-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity. Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.

Ohio Social Studies Standards:

  • Geography – Places and Regions: Daily life is influenced by the agriculture, industry and natural resources in different communities.
  • Geography – Human Systems: Evidence of positive and negative human modification of the environment can be observed in the local community.
  • Economics – Scarcity: Both positive and negative incentives affect individuals’ choices and behaviors.
  • Economics – Scarcity: Individuals must make decisions because of the scarcity of resources. Making a decision involves a trade-off. 

    Vocabulary:

    Natural resources, mineral, rock, forest, water, soil, coal, natural gas, animals, petroleum, energy, climate, weather, human impact

    15 Feb 2024

    Life Cycles on the Farm

    August-June 

    All stages of life can be found around the farm. Join us as we learn more about how these living things, and what stage they are in, can contribute to the well-being of the farm.

    Ohio Science Standards:

    • 3.LS.1: Offspring resemble their parents and each other.

    NGSS Standards:

    • 3-LS1-1. Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
    • 3-LS3-1. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms
    Ohio Social Studies Standards:
    • Geography – Places and Regions: Daily life is influenced by the agriculture, industry and natural resources in different communities.

    Vocabulary:

    Life cycle, stages, living, offspring, parent, organism

    11 Feb 2024

    Arts in the Natural World Series: Sculpture and Forms

    August-October 31; March 15-June

    The Earth has plenty to offer by way of inspiration for artwork. Prepare to visit the hiking trails and creek at the Arts Center where we will investigate our natural clay beds and use clay to experiment with sculptural techniques. Follow us through three phases: the natural history of clay, the science behind processing a natural resource into an artist’s medium, and clay’s role in the arts and daily life more broadly. Programs in the Arts in the Natural World Series seek to demonstrate intersections between the arts and the world around us. This program only operates in warmer months (August-October 31; March 15-June).

    Fine Arts Standards:

    • VA.HS.1PR Demonstrate basic technical skill and craftsmanship with various art media when creating images from observation, memory and imagination.

    Ohio Science Standards:

    • Sci.SHE.HS: Science depends on curiosity, imagination, creativity and persistence.

      Vocabulary:

      fossil, slip, score, coil, slab, process, archaeological record, artifact, Rookwood Pottery