Lessons

Students explore appropriate serving sizes and determine how to make healthy dietary decisions by identifying the components of nutrition as illustrated by MyPlate.

Students determine that topsoil is a limited resource with economic value and use an apple to represent how Earth’s land resources are used.

Students explore appropriate serving sizes and learn how to make healthy dietary decisions by understanding the components of nutrition as illustrated by MyPlate.

Students observe a potato grow with and without soil, chart potato geography on a world map, and hold a potato dress up contest.

Students define nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium as soil nutrients, explain that plants use soil nutrients as they grow, discover that fertilizer replaces depleted nutrients, and analyze information on seed packets to determine the needs different plants have for growth.

Students use the visual representation of a web to explore the role of agriculture in their daily lives and understand how most of the necessities of life can be traced back to the farm.

Students examine MyPlate and discover the importance of making half their plate fruits and vegetables.

Students make connections between the six types of simple machines and the complex machinery used to produce food and fiber.

Students define the word "machine," explain how machines are used in agriculture to produce food and fiber, and compare and contrast a variety of machines.

Students make observations about historic tools used on a dairy farm to store and process milk into cheese and butter.