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MATRIX INTRODUCTION
MATRIX INTRODUCTION
Each of the lessons on the Indiana Agricultural Literacy Lesson Plan Library have been
correlated to the Indianas Fourth Grade Academic Standards. The matrixes below list these
correlations in two formats. The first matrix is in lesson plan order. The second matrix lists the
correlations in academic standards order. Used together, the two matrixes provide teachers with
a great deal of flexibility in documenting the academic standards being met when they use the
lessons in the classroom.
The academic standards listed below are only a portion of the states comprehensive list of
learning standards for students enrolled in Indianas schools. For more information on the
states academic standards, click on the following link: http://www.indianastandards.org/
MATRIX 1
ARRANGED BY LESSON PLAN
Lesson Number and Title
Indianas Academic Standard
UNIT A. GENERAL AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
Lesson A1: Defining Agriculture
Science: 4.1.7 Discuss and give examples of how technology, such
as computers and medicines have improved the lives of many people,
although the benefits are not equally available to all.
Lesson A2: History of Production Agriculture
Science: 4.5.5 Give examples of the impacts of science and tech-
nology on the migration and settlement patterns of various groups.
Lesson A3: Careers in Agriculture
Social Studies: 4.4.10 Explain how money helps people to save
and develop a savings plan in order to make a future purchase.
Lesson A4: Scientific Method
Science: 4.1.7 Discuss and give examples of how technology, such
as computers and medicines, have improved the lives of many peo-
ple, although the benefits are not equally available to all.
Lesson A5: Agricultural Applications of
Biotechnology
Science: 4.1.8 Recognize and explain that any new invention may
lead to other inventions. Lesson Number and Title
Indianas Academic Standard
UNIT B. ANIMAL SCIENCE
Lesson B1: Classifying Animals
Science: 4.4.3 Observe and describe that organisms interact with
one another in various ways, such as providing food, pollination, and
seed dispersal.
Lesson B2: Exploring the Livestock Industry
Social Studies: 4.4.2 Define productivity and provide examples of
how productivity has changed in Indiana during the past 100 years.
Lesson B3: Exploring Poultry and
Poultry Products
Social Studies: 4.4.2 Define productivity and provide examples of
how productivity has changed in Indiana during the past 100 years.
Lesson B4: Exploring Dairy Animals and
Dairy Products
Science: 4.4.4 Observe and describe that some source of energy
is needed for all organisms to stay alive and grow.
Lesson B5: Exploring Companion Animals
Science: 4.4.3 Observe and describe that organisms interact with
one another in various ways, such as providing food, pollination, and
seed dispersal.
UNIT C. PLANT SCIENCE
Lesson C1: Parts of a Plant
Science: 4.4.3 Observe and describe that organisms interact with
one another in various ways, such as providing food, pollination, and
seed dispersal.
Lesson C2: Grain Crops
Science: 4.4.3 Observe and describe that organisms interact with
one another in various ways, such as providing food, pollination, and
seed dispersal.
Lesson C3: Sugar and Oil Crops
Science: 4.4.3 Observe and describe that organisms interact with
one another in various ways, such as providing food, pollination, and
seed dispersal.
Lesson C4: Fiber Crops
Science: 4.4.3 Observe and describe that organisms interact with
one another in various ways, such as providing food, pollination, and
seed dispersal.
Lesson C5: Forests and Wood Products
Science: 4.4.3 Observe and describe that organisms interact with
one another in various ways, such as providing food, pollination, and
seed dispersal.
UNIT D. HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
Lesson D1: How Plants Grow
Science: 4.4.4 Observe and describe that some source of energy
is needed for all organisms to stay alive and grow.
Lesson D2: Plant Propagation
Science: 4.4.3 Observe and describe that organisms interact with
one another in various ways, such as providing food, pollination, and
seed dispersal.
Lesson D3: Ornamental Crops
Science: 4.4.4 Observe and describe that some source of energy
is needed for all organisms to stay alive and grow.
Lesson D4: Vegetable Crops
Science: 4.4.3 Observe and describe that organisms interact with
one another in various ways, such as providing food, pollination, and
seed dispersal.
Lesson D5: Fruit and Nut Crops
Science: 4.4.3 Observe and describe that organisms interact with
one another in various ways, such as providing food, pollination, and
seed dispersal. Lesson Number and Title
Indianas Academic Standard
UNIT E. AGRIBUSINESS
Lesson E1: Personal Finances
Social Studies: 4.4.6 List the functions of money and compare
and contrast things that have been used as money in the past in Indi-
ana, the United States, and the world. 4.4.10 Explain how money
helps people to save and develop a savings plan in order to make a
future purchase.
Lesson E2: Accounting: Record Keeping
Social Studies: 4.4.10 Explain how money helps people to save
and develop a savings plan in order to make a future purchase.
Lesson E3: Economics
Social Studies: 4.4.4 Explain that prices change as a result of
changes in supply and demand for specific products.
Lesson E4: Marketing Agricultural Products
Social Studies: 4.4.3 Explain why both parties benefit from volun-
tary trade, and give examples of how people in Indiana engaged in
trade in different time periods.
Lesson E5: World Trade: Imports and Exports
Social Studies: 4.4.3 Explain why both parties benefit from volun-
tary trade, and give examples of how people in Indiana engaged in
trade in different time periods.
UNIT F. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Lesson F1: Soils
Science: 4.3.7 Explain that smaller rocks come from the breakage
and weathering of bedrock and larger rocks and that soil is made
partly from weathered rock, partly from plant remains, and also con-
tains many living organisms.
Lesson F2: Water Resources
Science: 4.3.5 Describe how waves, wind, water, and glacial ice
shape and reshape the Earths land surface by the erosion of rock and
soil in some areas and depositing them in other areas.
Lesson F3: Wildlife
Science: 4.4.3 Observe and describe that organisms interact with
one another in various ways, such as providing food, pollination, and
seed dispersal.
Lesson F4: Renewable Resources
Science: 4.3.14 Explain that energy in fossil fuels comes from
plants that grew long ago.
Lesson F5: Recycling
Science: 4.3.13 Observe and describe the things that give off
heat, such as people, animals, and the sun.
UNIT G. AGRICULTURAL MECHANICS
Lesson G1: Safety
Science: 4.1.3 Explain that clear communication is an essential
part of doing science since it enables scientists to inform others about
their work, to expose their ideas to evaluation by other scientists, and
to allow scientists to stay informed about scientific discoveries around
the world.
Lesson G2: Basic Carpentry
Science: 4.1.5 Demonstrate how measuring instruments, such as
microscopes, telescopes, and cameras, can be used to gather accu-
rate information for making scientific comparisons of objects and
events. Note that measuring instruments, such as rulers, can also be
used for designing and constructing things that will work properly.
Lesson G3: Basic Electricity
Science: 4.3.11 Investigate, observe, and explain that things that
give off light often also give off heat. Lesson Number and Title
Indianas Academic Standard
Lesson G4: Machinery and Equipment
Science: 4.1.7 Discuss and give examples of how technology, such
as computers and medicines, has improved the lives of many people,
although the benefits are not equally available to all.
Lesson G5: Precision Farming
Science: 4.1.8 Recognize and explain that any invention may lead
to other inventions.
UNIT H. FOOD SCIENCE
Lesson H1: Sanitation, Spoilage, and Storage
Science: 4.4.10 Explain that if germs are able to get inside the
body, they may keep it from working properly. Understand that for
defense against germs, the human body has tears, saliva, skin, some
blood cells, and stomach secretions. Also note that a healthy body
can fight most germs that invade it. Recognize, however, that there
are some germs that interfere with the bodys defenses.
Lesson H2: Nutritional Balance
Science: 4.4.9 Explain that food provides energy and materials for
growth and repair of body parts. Recognize that vitamins and miner-
als, present in small amounts in foods, are essential to keep every-
thing working well. Further understand that as people grow up, the
amounts and kinds of food and exercise needed by the body may
change.
Lesson H3: Food Ingredients
Science: 4.4.9 Explain that food provides energy and materials for
growth and repair of body parts. Recognize that vitamins and miner-
als, present in small amounts in foods, are essential to keep every-
thing working well. Further understand that as people grow up, the
amounts and kinds of food and exercise needed by the body may
change.
Lesson H4: Food Preparation
Math: 4.5.8 Use volume and capacity as different ways of measur-
ing the space inside a shape.
Lesson H5: Buying Food
Math: 4.2.4 Demonstrate mastery of the multiplication tables for
numbers between 1 and 10 and of the corresponding division facts. MATRIX 2 ARRANGED BY
INDIANAS ACADEMIC STANDARD
Lesson Number and Title
Indianas Academic Standard
SCIENCE
Standard 1: The Nature of Science and Technology
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