K-2-ETS1-1:
Asking Questions and Defining Problems

Machines on the Farm: Students identify different machines used on farms and what they do.

Made to Move: Students explore simple and complex machines and discover how they are used in agriculture.

Milk, Sugar, Science: Engineering Ice Cream: Students explore the journey of milk from cow to ice cream, make ice cream in a bag, and discover how food engineers have developed many different processes for making ice cream.

Pigs on the Farm: Students will explore the basic needs of animals and create a model of a modern pig barn that will help farmers meet the needs of the animals. 

K-2-ETS1-2:
Developing and Using Models

Machines on the Farm: Students identify different machines used on farms and what they do.

Discover Christmas Trees: This lesson is composed of six learning activities to teach about the Christmas tree. Science, history, and geography topics are used to explore the history of the Christmas tree, life cycle of a conifer, types of trees and how they adapt, work on a Christmas tree farm, and the ecology of conifer trees. 

Be A DetEGGtive!: Students will conduct a series of scientific investigations, identify and explain unique properties of eggs based on scientific investigations, and write a book to explain what they have learned.

Exploring Aquaponics: The students will identify the basic needs of plants and fish and engineer, assemble, maintain, and observe a small-scale aquaponics system that meets plant and fish needs.

Fruits of Our Labor: Students will discover how fresh fruits can be dried and preserved by participating in an activity where they make raisins by drying grapes.

Made to Move: Students explore simple and complex machines and discover how they are used in agriculture.

Photosynthesis and You: In this lesson, students will learn about the process by which plants make their own food. Students will understand how photosynthesis provides the food they eat.

Pigs on the Farm: Students will explore the basic needs of animals and create a model of a modern pig barn that will help farmers meet the needs of the animals.

Potatoes: More Than Fries: Students investigate potato varieties, explore potato plants, determine how potatoes grow, and make a potato recipe.

K-2-ETS1-3: Planning and carrying out investigations

Milk, Sugar, Science: Engineering Ice Cream: Students explore the journey of milk from cow to ice cream, make ice cream in a bag, and discover how food engineers have developed many different processes for making ice cream.

2-LS2-1:
Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Dig ‘Em Up: In this lesson students will investigate the functions of roots, recognize the difference between a tap and fibrous root system, and identify the roots of some plants as edible.

Exploring Aquaponics: The students will identify the basic needs of plants and fish and engineer, assemble, maintain, and observe a small-scale aquaponics system that meets plant and fish needs.

Farming in a Glove: Students will observe how a seed sprouts and investigate the conditions necessary for germination to occur.

Freshest Fruits: Students will learn about where fruits grow and their nutritional value by completing an activity to observe the size, shape, texture, and seeds of various fruits.

How Does Your Garden Grow?: Students will understand the needs of a seed to germinate and the needs of a plant to grow while exploring the life stages of a flowering plant.

How to Grow a Monster: The Needs of a Zucchini Plant: Students read How to Grow a Monster, describe the needs of a zucchini plant, identify the structure and function of zucchini plant parts, grow classroom zucchini plants, and experiment with different environments and growing conditions.

Photosynthesis and You: In this lesson, students will learn about the process by which plants make their own food. Students will understand how photosynthesis provides the food they eat.

Pumpkins…Not Just For Halloween: Students will learn a variety of subjects including history, science, nutrition, and math through the study of pumpkins. Activities include estimating the size and weight of pumpkins, sprouting pumpkin seeds, and making pumpkin pie in a bag.

Sorghum at School: Learn, Grow, Pop, Taste: Students investigate how and where sorghum is grown and discover its health benefits.

The Case of the Missing Pumpkin: Students investigate the phenomenon of decomposing pumpkins as a part of the plant's life cycle.

Tomato Trivia: Using tomatoes as a theme, the students will practice their math and science skills of estimating, measuring, counting, graphing and sequencing.

2-LS2-2:
Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.

The Amazing Honey Bee: Students will investigate the three types of honey bees in a colony, identify their roles, and recognize honey bees as part of a community that works together.

2-LS4-1:
Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

Bean Seed Cycle: This lesson introduces students to how soybeans are grown by farmers, teaches seed anatomy through a seed dissection activity, and illustrates the germination of the soybean plant. 

Snappy Stems: In this lesson students will learn the function of plant stems and identify edible stems belonging to certain plants.

The Amazing Honey Bee: Students will investigate the three types of honey bees in a colony, identify their roles, and recognize honey bees as part of a community that works together.

2-PS1-1:
Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.

Farming in a Glove: Students will observe how a seed sprouts and investigate the conditions necessary for germination to occur.

2-PS1-4:
Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.

Pancakes!: Students will describe the physical properties of materials and observe physical and chemical changes as they learn about the ingredients in pancakes and how maple syrup is harvested from trees.