Intermediate Grades
Unit of lessons on the importance of trees composed of structures that function together with the environment in which they live.
Explores the adaptations of desert plants.
Compares adaptations of plants from different southern California habitats.
Traditional Native American planting of companion planting of corn, beans, and squash.
Diversity of pollinators and their role in the ecosystem.
Unit of lessons showing that trees have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction and how humans and other organisms obtain resources from our environment.
Exploring plant and animal habitats helps students learn more about the diversity of life in the garden.
Unit of lessons on oak tree communities including many organisms that are part of food webs.
Students explore seeds and learn about how they are adapted for travel. They then search around the garden or other outdoor areas for examples of seeds that travel in different ways.
Students observe components and compare topsoil and subsoil, then try to make soil.
A soil erosion experiment comparing different soil conservation techniques