The DNA Learning Center (DNALC) is the world's first science center devoted entirely to genetics education and is an operating unit of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, an important center for molecular genetics research. The DNALC website provides links to a family of educational Internet sites that cover broad topics, including basic heredity, genetic disorders, eugenics, the discovery of the structure of DNA, DNA sequencing, cancer, and plant genetics.
The Fight Bac website contains many helpful resources for teachers. You will find information about preventing foodborne illness, proper hand washing, kids games, activities, brochures, flyers, and video clips to enhance your lesson plans.
This book illustrates the production of sugar, following the process from the farms where sugarcane is grown to the factories where the sugar is extracted to the stores where the sugar is sold.
This book describes apple production, following the process from farm to the table. Fun facts about apples and their production, processing, packaging, and distribution are provided throughout.
This book provides a detailed overview of how farmers grow crops, exploring topics like why soil is important, what a grain crop is, how farmers grow fruits and nuts on trees, and how farmers pick crops. Important vocabulary words are highlighted and defined in a glossary at the end.
A celebration of cultural differences, this beautifully illustrated book gives young readers a fascinating look at the clothes and jewelry of other people around the world. Use this book to discuss where clothes come from and how agriculture supplies a variety of fibers.
This elementary activity illustrates the wide array of career paths available in agriculture. Students will create a paper "pinwheel" illustration of the many hats that farmers wear.
How would you define agriculture? Not with Merriam-Webster's Dictionary. That just doesn't fully capture the importance of agriculture or how it touches all of our lives. Learn how to define agriculture with five words by using this 22" x 34" poster, which engagingly displays the 5-F's of agriculture—farming, food, fabric, forestry, and flowers. Order this poster online from agclassroomstore.com.
My Farm Web is an interactive lesson plan for Grades K-5 that has students create a web to visually showcase how agriculture is a part of their lives. This kit provides everything needed for the lesson, including the 30 Farm Web Pictures printed in color, and sufficient yarn for making the web. Order this kit online from agclassroomstore.com.
24-page activity book full of activities, games, and puzzles to accompany the "Fun With the Plant Nutrient Team" lessons. Teachers can access the activity book PDF or request the resource from the Nutrients for Life Foundation.
This book explores how plants adapt and thrive in diverse environments, from deserts to underwater habitats, overcoming challenges like storms, fires, and predators. Through vibrant illustrations and comical plant characters, it highlights the vital roles plants play in creating habitats such as forests, prairies, and marshes. The book also includes fun activities like a plant power scavenger hunt, a creative writing prompt titled "My Plant Power," and instructions for growing a kitchen scrap garden.
Yummy! Colorful images of fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy, and protein foods fill the pages of this picture book starring Jack of beanstalk fame. Fortunately, the friendly giant in this version of the story is happy to invite a guest for dinner. As they cook together, Jack learns about the food groups that are a part of a well-balanced meal. The book is an appetizing way to introduce children to the MyPlate nutrition program, written and illustrated by Loreen Leedy.