A Search for the Source (Grades 3-5)

Students determine that agriculture provides nearly all of the products we rely on in any given day by participating in a relay where they match an everyday item with its "source."

Grades
3 – 5
IN: Grades 3 – 5
Estimated Time
45 minutes
Updated
August 13, 2024

Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Debra Spielmaker | Utah Agriculture in the Classroom

Acknowledgements

Activity adapted from Project Season, by Deborah Parrella.

Standards

Indiana Content Area Standards

  • Social Studies. Grade 3: Economics: Standard 4

    Students explain how people in the local community make choices about using goods, services and productive resources; how they engage in trade to satisfy their economic wants and needs; how they use a variety of sources to gather and apply information about economic changes in the community; and how they compare costs and benefits in economic decision making.

    • 3.4.1 Economics: Give examples from the local community that illustrate the scarcity of productive resources. Explain how this scarcity requires people to make choices and incur opportunity costs.
    • 3.4.4 Economics: Define interdependence and give examples of how people in the local community depend on each other for goods and services.
    • 3.4.7 Economics: Illustrate how people compare benefits and costs when making choices and decisions as consumers and producers.
  • Social Studies. Grade 4: Economics: Standard 4

    Students study and compare the characteristics of Indianas changing economy in the past and present.

    • 4.4.10 Economics: Explain how people save, develop a savings plan, and create a budget in order to make a future purchase.
    • 4.4.4 Economics: Explain that prices change as a result of changes in supply and demand for specific products.
    • 4.4.9 Economics: Identify important goods and services provided by state and local governments by giving examples of how state and local tax revenues are used.
  • English Language Arts.Grade 3.RV.1

    Build and use accurately conversational, general academic, and content-specific words and phrases.

    • Vocabulary in Literature and Nonfiction Texts.3.RV.3.2: Determine the meanings of general academic and content-specific words and phrases in a nonfiction text relevant to a third grade topic or subject area.
  • English Language Arts.Grade 3.SL.1

    Listen actively and adjust the use of spoken language (e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.

    • Discussion and Collaboration.3.SL.2.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) on grade- appropriate topics and texts, building on others ideas and expressing personal ideas clearly.
  • English Language Arts.Grade 4.RV.1

    Build and use accurately general academic and content-specific words and phrases.

    • Vocabulary in Literature and Nonfiction Texts.4.RV.3.2: Determine the meanings of general academic and content-specific words and phrases in a nonfiction text relevant to a fourth grade topic or subject area.
  • English Language Arts.Grade 4.SL.1

    Listen actively and adjust the use of spoken language (e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.

    • Discussion and Collaboration.4.SL.2.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) on grade- appropriate topics and texts, building on others ideas and expressing personal ideas clearly.
  • English Language Arts.Grade 5.RV.1

    Build and use accurately general academic and content-specific words and phrases.

    • Vocabulary in Literature and Nonfiction Texts.5.RV.3.2: Determine the meaning of general academic and content-specific words and phrases in a nonfiction text relevant to a fifth grade topic or text.
  • English Language Arts.Grade 5.SL.1

    Listen actively and adjust the use of spoken language (e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.

    • Discussion and Collaboration.5.SL.2.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) on grade- appropriate topics and texts, building on others ideas and expressing personal ideas clearly.