In this lesson, students will develop their fluency with addition and subtraction through a "real-world" application of collecting data about insects in the garden.

In this lesson, students will develop their fluency with addition and subtraction through a real world application of collection data.

Students will use objects found in the outdoor classroom to create rectangular arrays and write equations to express the total. Standard(s): 2.NC.OA.4Use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and up to 5 columns; write an equation to express

Students work with the concept of equality and balance to solve algebraic equations.

STUDENT ACTIVITY - 1st -- VAThis is a distance-learning lesson students can complete at home.Students will collect data outdoors and record the data in a table. Then, they will compare the numbers collected by writing greater-than, less-than or equal-to statements.This activity was created by Out Teach (out-teach.org), a nonprofit providing outdoor experiential learning to transform Science education for students in under-served communities. .

In this lesson, students will apply the use of angles to a real-world problem—finding the angle of the sun to determine the placement of solar panels. This lesson can be used to teach about angles, or to reinforce and apply understanding of angles.

In this lesson, students in this lesson will learn about, connect, and apply the use of the area to a real-world problem—creating a planting guide for the garden. Students will determine the square footage of the garden and use this information, along with a planting chart to create their own plan.Background for instructors:Math in the REAL world: Area and square feetSquare foot gardening is one way that ensures a vegetable garden bed can thrive. It is used to ensure not too many plants of a specific variety are planted in a single area. Using the square foot model keeps plants properly spaced, providing a perfect real-world context to teach area, apply multiplication strategies, and have students work collaboratively. Most garden beds are 8 x 4 resulting in 32 square feet to work with. It is possible however to have beds of different sizes. While 32 square feet to work with is what is used in this lesson, the methods and chart can be used for any rectangular planting area.

Square foot gardening is one way that ensures a vegetable garden bed can thrive. It is used to ensure not too many plants of a specific variety are planted in a single area. Using the square foot model keeps plants properly spaced, providing a perfect real-world context to teach area, apply multiplication strategies and have students work collaboratively. Most garden beds are 8 x 4 resulting in 32 square feet to work with. It is possible however to have beds of different sizes. While 32 square feet to work with is what is used in this lesson, the methods and chart can be used for any rectangular planting area.

The students will use their knowledge of repeated addition to determine the total number of objects in equal groups.

Students will identify and compare attributes of two-dimensional shapes in the world around them.

The students will identify and compare attributes of two-dimensional and three- dimensional shapes in the world around them.

In this lesson, students use the real-world application of insect monitoring to practice their fluency with addition and subtraction.

Students will use their knowledge of appropriate tools and units and determine when to measure liquid volume or weight.

The students will use their knowledge of decimals and place value to compare decimals using greater than less than and equal to symbols.

In this lesson, students will collect data about an observation that can be made in the outdoor classroom, record the data on a table, and compare the numbers collected by writing greater-than, less-than statements.

Students will understand that we use numbers to represent a quantity and to compare them.

Students will use the decomposition of a compost pile to visualize fractions as parts of a whole.

Students will practice counting up to 20 in a very fun and exciting way. The lesson includes a hands-on component where students will be asked to collect leaves and use them as manipulatives. This lesson is great for kindergarten through first grade.

In this lesson, students will use a square foot gardening planting chart (provided) to calculate the number of crops they can plant within a specific area.

Students will convert vegetable bed measurements from feet to metric units using decimals.