Fourth Grade

This collection of lesson plans are specifically curated for the School Garden Resources project. They are aligned with the Georgia Performance Standards.

Earth Science   Life Science   Physical Science   English & Language Arts   Math   Social Studies

Earth Science

Weather: Data and Forecasting

• The Water Cleaning Department
• Weather Round-up (pg 13) (PDF)
• Spring Weather (PDF)
• Mini-Terrariums (pg 13, student pages 21-22) (PDF)

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Life Science

Ecosystems

In the Garden:

• What is an Ecosystem?
• Biodiversity in Your Community
• Bugs in Garden (PDF)
• Pest Department
• The Pollination Department
• Soil in Your Community
• The Water Cleaning Department

Garden Skills/Science:

• Food Department at Your Site
• Ecosystem (PDF)

Food Web/Food Chain

• Suga's Hard Working Pollinators (PDF)
• Garden Food Chains (PDF)
• Garden Habitats (unit) (PDF)

Adaptation - Survival/Extinction

• Biodiversity in Your Community
• Food Department at Your Site
• Pest Department
• Hitchhiker Seeds (pg 13) (PDF)
• Invasive Species

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Physical Science

Force, Mass, and Motion (simple machines)

• Light Sundial (PDF)

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English and Language Arts

Reading Literary

• Drama in the Turnip Patch (PDF)
• Following Food from Farm to Fork (PDF)
• Fun with Roses (PDF)
• Growing Poems (PDF)
• Planting a Love for Literature (PDF)
• Garden AR Books (PDF)

Reading Informational

• Drama in the Turnip Patch (PDF)
• Nutrients We Need (PDF)
• Planting a Love for Literature (PDF)

Reading Foundational

• Nutrients We Need (PDF)
• Planting a Love for Literature (PDF)

Writing

• Following Food from Farm to Fork (PDF)
• Fun with Roses (PDF)
• Peddling Garden Produce (PDF)
• Mystery Seed (PDF)
• Vegetable Story (PDF)
• Plant, This Is Your Life (PDF)
• Writing a Plant Biography (PDF)
• Writing Instructions for a School Garden Bed (PDF)
• Journal and Discussion Prompts (PDF)

Speaking and Listening

• Carousel Brainstorming (PDF)
• Drama in the Turnip Patch (PDF)
• Healthy Vegetable Fantasy (PDF)
• Peddling Garden Produce (PDF)
• Writing Instructions for a School Garden Bed (PDF)

Language

• Growing Poems (PDF)
• Nutrients We Need (PDF)

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Math

Fraction

• Fraction Salad (PDF)
• In a Pickle (PDF)
• Serving Sizes (PDF)

Geometry

• Frog Garden Party! (PDF)
• Measuring and Mapping the Garden (PDF)

Measurement

• Growth in the Garden (PDF)
• In a Pickle (PDF)
• Inch by inch (PDF)
• Map the Garden (PDF)
• Measure up for the Garden (PDF)

Multiplication of Whole Numbers

• Cultivating Funds with Indoor Plants (PDF)
  
• Environmental Lunch (Activity 3) (PDF)
• Food Labels (PDF)
• Money Saving Garden (PDF)
• TIPS Carrot Math (PDF)

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Social Studies

Economic

• Community Interdependence (PDF)
• Food Roots and Routes (PDF)

Geographic

• Food Systems Feed the World (PDF)
• The Three Sisters (PDF)

Historical

• Corn: A Full Lesson on One Food (PDF)
• Corn Queries (PDF)
• Creating a Three Sisters Garden (PDF)
• Extracting Nature's Colors (PDF)
• Finding, Gathering, and Saving Seeds (PDF)
• Prairie Visions (PDF)
• The Dehydrated Garden (PDF)
• The Three Sisters (PDF)

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