Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) for First Grade

You will learn all the parts, wheel, pedal, belt, flyer, and bobbin, of the spinning wheel and how they work together to turn fiber into yarn.  Learn about changes in size, weight, and color, and movement of things while noting those qualities that stay the same as Aunt Jan uses her spinning wheel to change fibers into yarn.  See a copper pipe and ammonia change the color of fibers right before your eyes.  Compare the sizes, weights, and speeds of hand spindles and spinning wheels. 

(GPS # S1CS4 - a, b & c)

Visit the petting zoo, chicken house, bee barn, bat theater, and bat Q & A board to learn about and compare different characteristics such as sizes, weights, ages and speeds of many different animals, especially the mommies and babies.  On the hay ride, you will observe many different breeds, sizes, and ages of horses.  You will also be able to identify and compare the characteristics, including those that enhance survival, and the basic needs of all the animals you meet. 

(GPS # S1CS4 - b & c, S1L1 - b & d; QCC 11, 12, 13, & 14)

You will learn about the basic needs of plants and can identify the parts of plants as you stroll along the Nature Trail, gaze up through the Vine Tunnel, navigate the Crop Maze, and visit the Sun Dial, Herb, and Water Gardens.  Learn about some unusual differences in the land and water plants, especially the carnivorous ones!

(GPS # S1L1 - a & c)

We have three baby goats and a lamb, born August 18, 19, and 20, 2006!  You will see seven baby turkeys and four baby pea cocks.  Chicks should be hatching all the time!