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A Rafter of Turkeys

Students investigate the domestication and life cycle of the turkey, discover how turkeys are raised on farms, and identify turkey products.

Grades
3 – 5
Estimated Time
2-3 one-hour class periods
Updated
November 1, 2023
several young white turkeys
Image: Young turkeys (Mark Stebnicki/Pexels)

Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Pat Thompson and Michele Reedy | Oklahoma Agriculture in the Classroom Organization and National Agriculture in the Classroom (NAITCO)

Sources

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Science
    • 3-LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
      • 3-LS1-1: Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
    • 3-LS3: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
      • 3-LS3-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.