School Garden and Nutrition Curriculum > Colorado Academic Standards > Science Standards
Our seasonal approach to teaching bridges gardening, nutrition and science using standards-aligned lessons for the elementary school classroom and garden. Each lesson includes the applicable Colorado Academic Standards in science and comprehensive health with suggested extensions and modifications. Most lessons are one hour and include a healthy, kid-tested recipe that is appropriate for the classroom, topic and season.
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Science has a natural link to garden-based education. Many of DUG's lessons touch upon both earth and life science standards.
First Grade
Standard: GR.1-S.2-GLE.2 (An organism is a living thing that has physical characteristics to help it survive.)
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Standard: GR.1-S.3-GLE.1 (Earth’s materials can be compared and classified based on their properties.)
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Second Grade
Standard: GR.2-S.2-GLE.1 (Organisms depend on their habitat’s nonliving parts to satisfy their needs.)
Lessons:
- Seed Collecting
- Adapt a Seed
- Let’s Make Compost
- Introducing the Seed
- Dig In!
- Spring Planting
- The Big Four
- Our Soil
Standard: GR.2-S.2-GLE.2 (Each plant of animal has different structures or behaviors that serve different functions.)
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- Seed Collecting
- Adapt a Seed
- What Are Whole Grains?
- Grocery Bag Botany
- Introducing the Seed
- What a Stem
- Rooting for Roots
- Leaves Make Food
Third Grade
Standard: GR.3-S.2-GLE.1 (The duration and timing of life cycle events such as reproduction and longevity vary across organisms and species.)
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Standard: GR.3-S.3-GLE.1 (Earth’s materials can be broken down and/or combined into different materials such as rocks, minerals, rock cycle, formation of soil and sand—some of which are usable resources for human activity.)
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Fourth Grade
Standard: GR.4-S.2-GLE.1 (All living things share similar characteristics, but they also have differences that can be described and classified.)
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Standard: GR.4-S.2-GLE.3 (There is an interaction and interdependence between and among living and nonliving components of ecosystems.)
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- Seed Collecting
- Adapt a Seed
- Introducing the Seed
- Dig In!
- Spring Planting
- The Big Four
- Our Soil
- Signs of Spring
Fifth Grade
Standard: GR.5-S.2-GLE.1 (All organisms have structures and systems with separate functions.)
Lessons:
- Seed Collecting
- Adapt a Seed
- What Are Whole Grains?
- Introducing the Seed
- What a Stem
- Rooting for Roots
- Leaves Make Food
- The Colors of Fruits and Vegetables
- The Big Four
- A for Vitamin A
Standard: GR.5-S.2-GLE.2 (Human body systems have basic structures, functions and needs.)
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- Be Healthy!
- Healthy Bodies, Healthy Gardens
- My Plate
- Keep Me Running
- How Much?
- Fat Sandwiches
- Drinking Sugar
- Easy Ways to 5-A-Day
- What are Whole Grains?
- Fun with Fiber
- The Colors of Fruits and Vegetables
Sixth Grade
Standard: GR.6-S.2-GLE.2 (Organisms interact with each other and their environment in various ways that create a flow of energy and cycling of matter in an ecosystem.)
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Standard: GR.6-S.3-GLE.3 (Earths’ natural resources provide the foundation for human society’s physical needs. Many natural resources are nonrenewable on human timescales, while others can be renewed or recycled.)
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Last updated on May 7, 2012 by Denver Urban Gardens
