Lessons

Students investigate how wheat is grown and processed into flour and other wheat products and create wheat puppets to perform a play.

Students identify the components of soil and demonstrate that soil contains air and water.

Students examine how pests affect other living organisms and the environment and identify how pests are managed in agricultural settings.

Students observe soil changes in relationship to depth and identify factors associated with soil formation.

Students work in teams to play a game in which they answer true/false questions about swine and then research and develop questions of their own.

Students compare agricultural inventors and inventions by creating a timeline of important dates, explore cattle flight zones, and work as agricultural engineers to design a corral system that uses the research of Dr. Temple Grandin.

Students determine the importance and complexity of the Earth’s soil.

Students investigate where food comes from, the parts of plants that we eat, and the difference between fruits and vegetables.

Students observe and explain the decomposition process and identify the methods and ingredients for making compost.

Students discover the geographic regions where basil, oregano, and cilantro have cultural significance, understand the role of evaporation in herb drying, and recognize the different properties of dried and fresh herbs.

Students discover what a soil profile looks like, investigate the composition of soil, and explore the five soil-forming factors and soil horizons.

Students evaluate the function of plant stems and identify edible stems belonging to certain plants.