Program Standards
Petting Zoo
Hands-on experience in agriculture.
Kindergarten
SKP2: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to compare and describe different types of motion.
Target Learning:
- Identify and describe the breeds of chickens by name, color, features and characteristics.
- Identify the ingredients and proper process for composting.
- Identify living and non-living organisms living on the pasture.
1st Grade
Life Science
S1L1: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the basic needs of plants and animals.
Target Learning:
- Practice animal husbandry for goats, sheep and chickens in the pasture.
- Collect data and keep a record of the number of eggs laid.
- Identify and connect different sounds that come from each species of livestock.
2nd Grade
Life Science
S2L1: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the life cycles of different living orgnisms.
Target Learning:
- Create a diagram demonstrating the life cycle of a chicken.
- Understand the difference between fertilized and non-fertilized eggs.
- Use various methods to determine the sex of a chicken (hen or rooster).
3rd Grade
Life Science
S3L1: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the similarities and differences between plants, animals and habitats found within geographic regions (Blue Ridge Mountains, Piedmont, Coastaal Plains, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau) of Georgia.
Target Learning:
- Describe the best regions for agriculture in the Georgia regions.
- Understand ways to recycle and reuse household items to sustain the pasture.
- Create a daily feeding schedule for goats and sheep.
- Gain organization skills for equipment and tools used to care for pasture and livestock.
Steam Garden
Learn to recycle, plant and grow.
Kindergarten
SKL2: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to compare the similarities and differences in groups of organisms.
– Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants can be grouped according to their features.
Target Learning:
- Identify parts of the plant.
- Identify plants based on their leaves.
- Discover the types of insects that live in the soil.
1st Grade
Life Science
S1L1: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the basic needs of plants and animals.
Target Learning:
- Use microscope properly to onbserve plants.
- Identify basic gardening tools and understand the purpose of its use.
- Test soil for temperature and understand why.
- Compare different types of seeds and the plants that grow from those seeds.
2nd Grade
Life Science
S2L1: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the life cycles of different living organisms.
Target Learning:
- Measure the growth of various plants
- Understand the composting process and how it is transported from the pasture to the garden grow beds.
- Identify the use and purpose for various gardening tools.
- Understand how aquaponic is beneficial to the soil-based garden.
3rd Grade
Life Science
S3L1: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the similarities and differences between plants, animals, and habitats found within geographic regions (Blue Ridge Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plains, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau) of Georgia.
a. Ask questions to differentiate between plants, animals, and habitats found within Georgia’s geographic regions.
Target Learning:
- Calculate the area and perimeter of a raised grow bed.
- Understand the process of creating “Black Gold”.
- Understand the process for testing the soil for pH levels & temperature.
- Explain the basic needs of living things that exist in the outdoor grow bed soil-based garden.
STEM Bus
Interactive learning experience.
Corresponding Cognia STEM Performance Standards
STEM Community Domain: Standard 1:
School/program provides equitable opportunities for students to engage in high quality STEM learning.
STEM Learning Culture Domain: Standard 7:
Students engage collaboratively in authentic inquiry during ongoing units of study.
STEM Learning Culture Domain: Standard 8:
Students engage in self-directed STEM learning guided by educators who are effective facilitators of learning.
STEM Experiences Domain: Standard 12:
School/program provides high quality STEM courses and curriculum aligned to recognized standards and organized into interdisciplinary frameworks.
STEM Outcomes Domain: Standard 14:
Students develop STEM skills and cross-cutting competencies that support workforce readiness.
Aquaponics Program
Learn a food production system that pairs aquaculture (raising fish in tanks) with hydroponics.
Kindergarten
Life Science
SKL2: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to compare the similarities and differences in groups of organisms.
b. Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants can be grouped according to their features
Target Learning:
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Participants will identify various breeds of fish from 500 gallon tank aquaponics fish tanks.
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Introduction to netcup & hydroton
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Introduced to the aquaponics nitrogen cycle
1st Grade
Life Science
S1L1: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the basic needs of plants and animals.
Target Learning:
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Use the plants in the greenhouse to identify the parts of a plant (root, stem, leaf, flower) as real life examples.
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Identify and describe plants according to their leaves.
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Understand how fish waste is used as fertilizer
2nd Grade
Life Science
S2L1: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the life cycles of different living organisms.
Target Learning:
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Use the plants in the greenhouse to identify the parts of a plant (root, stem, leaf, flower) as real life examples.
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Identify and describe plants according to their leaves.
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Understand how fish waste is used as fertilizer
3rd Grade
Target Learning:
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Calculating the area and perimeter of the NFT and DWC grow bed.
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Test water quality for pH, ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate.
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Properly plant seeds in the system for germination.
Planetarium
Gaze into the stars while rocketing into space.
Earth and Space Science
S2E1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about stars having different sizes and brightness. Earth and Space Science
S2E1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about stars having different sizes and brightness.
S2E2. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to develop an understanding of the patterns of the sun and the moon and the sun’s effect on Earth.
S2E3. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how weather, plants, animals, and humans cause changes to the environment.