Lessons

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

Students use pizza as a basis for exploring agriculture, geography, and mathematics.

Students label the parts of a peanut plant on a diagram, follow step-by-step instructions to plant a peanut, and use a chart to record the growth of peanut plants.

Students read the novel Esperanza Rising written by Pam Munoz Ryan to examine the lives of migrant workers, agricultural economics, the impact of agriculture to rural communities, agricultural history, and how fruits and vegetables have been harvested historically and are harvested currently.

Students explore how soybeans are grown by farmers, examine seed anatomy through a seed dissection activity, and observe the germination of a soybean plant.

Students compare and contrast the differences between the Census of Agriculture and the decennial census.

Students discover that agricultural careers are interconnected and that agriculture influences many parts of their daily lives.

Students read a story about our nation's first survey of agriculture, discuss reasons for counting things, and gain practice by sorting and counting a variety of objects related to agriculture.

Students discover the changes that take place in a walnut orchard through the seasons by reading and discussing a story about a walnut farm.