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Pig Power: Creating Biogas and Renewable Energy

  • Lesson
  • Grades 9 – 12

After exploring the science of energy and energy conversion, students will evaluate some environmental impacts of hog farming and explore technologies that minimize negative human impact by creating biogas energy from animal waste.

soybean seedlings growing in hydroponic solution in a test tube

Test Tube Hydroponics (Grades 6-8)

  • Lesson
  • Grades 6 – 8

Investigate the importance of nutrients to support plant growth and discover how plants grow without soil by growing and observing plants in a test tube hydroponic system.

Game board for a career exploration game called Career Trek.

Career Trek: From Farm-to-Fork

  • Lesson
  • Grades 6 – 8

Explore the farm-to-fork process of food through the lens of careers. Students will make a career web to see the variety of careers and skill sets necessary to our food system. They will check their understanding by playing Career Trek—a board game that requires students to identify careers in agriculture and natural resources.

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Flower Power (Grades 6-8)

  • Lesson
  • Grades 6 – 8

Students observe the anatomical structures of flowers and explain a flower's role in plant growth and reproduction as well as their connection to our food supply.

plate on placemat with mindful eating messages

Mastering Mindful Eating (Grades 6-8)

  • Lesson
  • Grades 6 – 8

Students will explore hunger, satiety, and mindful eating to discover how our eating habits are impacted by our awareness to physiological signals of hunger or fullness. Students will also practice mindful eating practices and explore portion sizes as they sort foods, create meals using portion-size food models, and track their food using mindful eating practices.

plate on placemat with mindful eating messages

Mastering Mindful Eating (Grades 9-12)

  • Lesson
  • Grades 9 – 12

Students will explore hunger, satiety, and mindful eating to discover how our eating habits are impacted by our awareness to physiological signals of hunger or fullness. Students will also practice mindful eating practices and explore portion sizes as they sort foods, create meals using portion-size food models, and track their food using mindful eating practices.

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Methods of Crop Modification

  • Lesson
  • Grades 9 – 12

Explore six scientific processes that can be used in plant breeding to modify the genotype of a plant in the pursuit of desired characteristics.

layers of soil

Earth's Land and Soil Resources

  • Lesson
  • Grades 9 – 12

Students discover that topsoil is a nonrenewable resource and use an apple to represent how Earth’s land resources are used. Through critical thinking, students study agricultural land use and consider the sustainability of current land use practices including the use of land to feed and graze livestock animals.

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Find Your Future Career (Grades 6-8)

  • Lesson
  • Grades 6 – 8

Students discover the variety of agricultural careers available and consider their career paths in terms of economics, interests, and suitability to their personal talents and characteristics.

person using smart phone and instrument to assess beef carcass

Beef: Making the Grade

  • Lesson
  • Grades 9 – 12

Students will evaluate the USDA grading system for whole cuts of beef and discuss consumer preferences and nutritional differences between grain-finished and grass-finished beef. Students will also distinguish various labels on beef products and discuss reasons for the government’s involvement in agricultural production, processing and distribution of food.

2 clear greenhouse cups with alfalfa seeds growing

Desktop Greenhouses (Grades 6-8)

  • Lesson
  • Grades 6 – 8

Students investigate the importance of light to plants by creating a desktop greenhouse investigation and exploring the process of photosynthesis.