Lessons

Students explain the value of the beef cattle industry, including the products cattle produce, the production process from farm to plate, and how cattle can utilize and obtain energy from grass and other forage.

Students investigate the three types of honey bees in a colony, identify their roles, and recognize honey bees as part of a community that works together.

Students observe the growth and development of sunflowers, identify how sunflower seeds are used, and make a paper plate sunflower to illustrate the life cycle of the sunflower.

Students investigate embryo development in chicken eggs.

Students explore how an embryo develops inside of a chicken egg over time, discuss life cycles and other natural cycles, and observe similarities and differences between parents and offspring.

Students explore how an embryo develops inside of a chicken egg over time, discuss life cycles and other natural cycles, and observe similarities and differences between parents and offspring.

Students identify different breeds of chickens, examine physical characteristics, and determine the stages of a chicken's life cycle.

Students identify different breeds of chickens, examine physical characteristics, and determine the stages of a chicken's life cycle.

Students identify the characteristics of the four seasons of the year, investigate what causes seasons, and observe the effects changing seasons have on farms.

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

Students investigate six major livestock species, discover that animals need air, space, food, water, and shelter to survive, explore the life cycle of a farm animal, and identify the products each farm animal produces.

Students use their five senses to investigate apples, identify and model the parts of an apple, make applesauce, and discover how apples are grown.