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SS.2.21

Compare perspectives of people in the past to those in the present with regards to particular questions or issues.

I can compare how farming and agriculture has changed from the past to the present.

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2–LS2–2

Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.*

I can explain what the link between pollination and animals.
I can model an animal dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.

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2.MD.A.3

Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.

I can estimate the size of a corn kernel, ear of corn, and a corn stalk.

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SL.2.2

Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

I can use information from a text and a video to describe key ideas or details.

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21.K–2.TL.2

Use a variety of technology tools and media–rich resources to work collaboratively with others.

I can use technology to produce a short movie while working with my partner.

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A Year On the Farm
Picture Book

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What is Pollination?
Non Fiction Book

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Read Corn Plants
Poetry

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American Gothic The Life of Grant Wood
Biography

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Look, Listen, Speak : From Farm to You

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From Kernel to Corn
Non Fiction Book

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Learning Fields is a web exhibit to teach 3rd-5th grade students how agriculture affects our daily lives, and how farming has changed over the past 300 years.

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Peep Plants a Seed

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Peep and the Big Wide World: Peep Plants a Seed

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Metric Systems Conversion Song

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Metric System Conversions Song | Measurement Song for Kids

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How American Gothic Became an Icon

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Follow that Food - Carrot Edition

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Write about the effects and products of pollinating plants and dispersing seeds.

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Create a skit with a partner show the link between animals and seed or pollination dispersal. Get creative with the materials in class

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Write how farming and agricultural has changed from the past to the present.

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Write your estimate the size of a:
Corn kernel
Ear of corn
Corn stalk

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Write about Grant Wood and American Gothic and why it is so important to Iowa

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Write a story about how Iowa farmers provide food for you.

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Create a drawing of your own farm.
you may draw a farm based on the past or the farms we see today.

Here is an example

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Create a graph of your estimates and of the actual size of corn kernels, ear of corn, and corn stalk.

Here is an example of a graph comparing estimates of different lengths (heights) of plants.

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Create a self-portrait
Imagine yourself in in a similar time period as the people in the picture "American Gothic"

Here is an example of a self- Portrait

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Create a Toontastic video to produce your story.