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How Does Your Garden Grow? (Water/Irrigation Cycle)

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Young Minds Inspired

Subject Science — Engineering, Technology, and Application of Science, Life Science • Social Studies — Geography

Grade Level Grades 3-5

Resource Type Activity

Standards Alignment

Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards

License

Attribution Non-commercial NoDerivative

CC (BY-NC-ND)

About This Lesson

Help your students learn more about one of our most critical resources — water — with standards-based lessons that explore the many ways humans have been moving water for thousands of years. Students learn about irrigation and how it works to produce food and improve our quality of life. Lessons also examine photosynthesis and the life cycle of plants, the water cycle, and the importance of water for our future.

Visit PROGRAM SITE for curriculum alignment and other resources.

Made possible by Irrigation Association.

Earth Day Activities

Resources

Files

irrigation_kit.pdf

Activity

February 13, 2020

4.1 MB

External resources

Program Site

Website

Standards

4-ESS2-2

Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth's features.

4-LS1-1

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

5-LS1-1

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

5-LS2-1

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

5-LS2-1

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

5-ESS2-2

Describe and graph the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.

5-ESS2-2

Describe and graph the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.3

Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.7

Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.8

Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.7

Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.7

Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.