New Curriculum Introduces Elementary Students to 4R Concepts

Source: Nutrients for Life Foundation

The Nutrients for Life Foundation announced a new 4R reader for elementary students. Through colorful comic strips, the curriculum is designed to help 3rd and 4th grade students understand the concepts of the right source, rate, time and place.

Students learn that eating the “right rate” of a few peaches is healthy eating while two full plates of peaches is the wrong rate and unhealthy. Students learn more about right source, rate, time and place through an analogy with eyesight and eyeglasses. The booklet also introduces soil nutrition.

After reading about fertilizer and the 4Rs, students can perform a class experiment with the right and wrong nutrient sources, rates, time and place on grass. Finally, the booklet features badges that students can wear proudly proclaiming, “I know the 4Rs. Do you?”

Teachers and agricultural educators can download a free copy here.

For more educational resources, including interactive lesson plans for high school students, posters and more, visit the Nutrients for Life website.

Additional educational resources can be found at The Science of Soil website.