Milestone Exploration for Teachers
Technology & Engineering
Agricultural Inventors
Lesson Plan: High-Tech Farming
Students discover technologies that are used on farms to increase efficiency and yields and decrease costs and environmental impact.
Explain how agricultural events and inventions affect how Americans live today (e.g., Eli Whitey – cotton gin; Cyrus McCormick – reaper; Virtanen – silo; Pasteur – pasteurization; John Deere – moldboard plow) (T5.3-5.c)
Compare simple tools to complex modern machines used in agricultural systems to improve efficiency and reduce labor (T4.3-5.a)
Provide examples of science being applied in farming, food, clothing, and shelter products (T4.3-5.d)
Describe how technology helps farmers/ranchers increase their outputs (crop and livestock yields) with fewer inputs (less water, fertilizer, and land) while using the same amount of space (T4.3-5.b)
Objective 1 Explain how major geographical and technological influences, including hydraulic engineering and barbed wire, affected farming, mining, and ranching.
Objective 2 How society often turns to science and technology to solve problems.
Objective 4 The ways in which scientific findings and various forms of technology influence our daily lives.
Objective 4 Identify and describe various technological developments to control fire, water, wind, and soil, and to utilize natural resources such as trees, coal, oil, and gas in order to satisfy the basic human needs for food, water, clothing, and shelter.
Objective 5 Identify and describe technological inventions and developments that evolved during the 19th century and the influence of these changes on the lives of the workers.
Objective 6 Identify and describe the significant achievements of important scientists and inventors.
Innovating Farm Equipment
Lesson Plan: High-Tech Farming
Students discover technologies that are used on farms to increase efficiency and yields and decrease costs and environmental impact.
Explain how agricultural events and inventions affect how Americans live today (e.g., Eli Whitey – cotton gin; Cyrus McCormick – reaper; Virtanen – silo; Pasteur – pasteurization; John Deere – moldboard plow) (T5.3-5.c)
Compare simple tools to complex modern machines used in agricultural systems to improve efficiency and reduce labor (T4.3-5.a)
Provide examples of science being applied in farming, food, clothing, and shelter products (T4.3-5.d)
Describe how technology helps farmers/ranchers increase their outputs (crop and livestock yields) with fewer inputs (less water, fertilizer, and land) while using the same amount of space (T4.3-5.b)
Objective 1 Explain how major geographical and technological influences, including hydraulic engineering and barbed wire, affected farming, mining, and ranching.
Objective 2 How society often turns to science and technology to solve problems.
Objective 4 The ways in which scientific findings and various forms of technology influence our daily lives.
Objective 4 Identify and describe various technological developments to control fire, water, wind, and soil, and to utilize natural resources such as trees, coal, oil, and gas in order to satisfy the basic human needs for food, water, clothing, and shelter.
Objective 5 Identify and describe technological inventions and developments that evolved during the 19th century and the influence of these changes on the lives of the workers.
Objective 6 Identify and describe the significant achievements of important scientists and inventors.
Build a Barn
Lesson Plan: Let's Raise a Barn
Students explore the benefits and functions of different types of barns and use problem-solving skills to build a model of a hay barn that meets specific requirements.
Provide examples of specific ways farmers meet the needs of animals (T2.3-5.d)
Describe how technology helps farmers/ranchers increase their outputs (crop and livestock yields) with fewer inputs (less water, fertilizer, and land) while using the same amount of space (T4.3-5.b)
3-5-ETS1-2 Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Farming the Future
Lesson Plan: High-Tech Farming
Students discover technologies that are used on farms to increase efficiency and yields and decrease costs and environmental impact.
Explain how agricultural events and inventions affect how Americans live today (e.g., Eli Whitey – cotton gin; Cyrus McCormick – reaper; Virtanen – silo; Pasteur – pasteurization; John Deere – moldboard plow) (T5.3-5.c)
Compare simple tools to complex modern machines used in agricultural systems to improve efficiency and reduce labor (T4.3-5.a)
Provide examples of science being applied in farming, food, clothing, and shelter products (T4.3-5.d)
Describe how technology helps farmers/ranchers increase their outputs (crop and livestock yields) with fewer inputs (less water, fertilizer, and land) while using the same amount of space (T4.3-5.b)
Objective 1 Explain how major geographical and technological influences, including hydraulic engineering and barbed wire, affected farming, mining, and ranching.
Objective 2 How society often turns to science and technology to solve problems.
Objective 4 The ways in which scientific findings and various forms of technology influence our daily lives.
Objective 4 Identify and describe various technological developments to control fire, water, wind, and soil, and to utilize natural resources such as trees, coal, oil, and gas in order to satisfy the basic human needs for food, water, clothing, and shelter.
Objective 5 Identify and describe technological inventions and developments that evolved during the 19th century and the influence of these changes on the lives of the workers.
Objective 6 Identify and describe the significant achievements of important scientists and inventors.
Career Exploration
Lesson Plan: Find Your Future Career
Students discover the variety of agricultural careers available and consider paths in terms of economics, interests, and suitability to their personal talents and characteristics.
Compare simple tools to complex modern machines used in agricultural systems to improve efficiency and reduce labor (T4.3-5.a)
Describe how technology helps farmers/ranchers increase their outputs (crop and livestock yields) with fewer inputs (less water, fertilizer, and land) while using the same amount of space (T4.3-5.b)
Provide examples of science being applied in farming for food, clothing, and shelter products (T4.3-5.d)
5-ESS3-1 Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect Earth's resources and environment.