Lesson Description:
Students will be able to...

• Identify and describe aspects of life in colonial america as they relate to gardening, and the growing of crops for foods and medicines.
• Find the perimeter and area of a plane geometric figure using the appropriate formula.
• Construct a garden design using drawings of two-dimensional figures.
• Identify congruent shapes and use motion geometry (flips, turns, slides) to position elements in a garden design plan.
• Identify and describe the lines of symmetry on plane geometric figures using drawings.

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Lesson Type:

• Project

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Sustainability Topic:

• Gardening

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GEF Program Category:

• Green Thumb Challenge

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Standards Addressed:
Mathematics Standard 4: Understand and apply the basic and advanced properties of the concepts of measurement.

• Benchmark # 1: Understandthe basic measures perimeter, area, volume, capacity, mass, angle and circumference.
• Benchmark # 2: Select and use appropriate tools for given measurement situations (e.g., rulers for length, protractors for drawings circles).
• Benchmark # 4: Understandrelationships between measures (e.g., between length, perimeter and area).

Mathematics Standard 5: Understand and apply the basic and advanced properties of the concepts of geometry.

• Benchmark # 1: know basic geometric language for describing and naming shapes.
• Benchmark # 2: Understand basic properties of figures (e.g., symmetry).
• Benchmark # 4: Understandthat basic shapes can be congruent or similar.
• Benchmark # 5: Use motion geometry (e.g., turns, flips, slides) to understand geometric relationships.
• Benchmark # 6: Understandcharacteristics of lines (e.g., parallel, perpendicular and intersecting) and angles (e.g., right, acute).
• Benchmark # 7: Understandhow scale in maps and drawings show relative size and distance.

History Standard 2: Understand the history of a local community and how communities in north america varied long ago.

• Benchmark # 3: Understand the historical development and daily life of a colonial community (e.g. Plymouth Plantations, Colonial Williamsburg).

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Lesson Documents:
Designa_ColonialGarden.pdf

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