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Many Types of Farms

Students explore the sources of a variety of agricultural products and discover that farms can be diverse in size and in products that are grown and raised.

Grades
3 – 5
Estimated Time
2 hours
Updated
August 24, 2023

Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

New York Agriculture in the Classroom

Sources

  1. https://www.farmflavor.com/us-agriculture/fun-facts-about-united-states-agriculture/
  2. https://www.dairyherd.com/article/2017-annual-milk-production-14-percent-2016
  3. https://unitedegg.com/facts-stats/

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Social Studies – Geography
    • Geography Standard 15 (Grades 3-4): How physical systems affect human systems.
      • Objective 1: The physical environment provides opportunities for and imposes constraints on human activities.
  • Social Studies – History
    • NCSS 3 (Grades 3-5): People, Places, and Environments
      • Objective 5: Physical changes in community, state, and region, such as seasons, climate, and weather, and their effects on plants and animals.
      • Objective 3: Physical and human characteristics of the school, community, state, and region, and the interactions of people in these places with the environment.
      • Objective 1: The theme of people, places, and environments involves the study of location, place, and the interactions of people with their surroundings.
  • Science
    • 3-LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
      • 3-LS4-3: Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.