Lessons

Students compare and contrast hair sheep and wool sheep, discover the reasons why farmers raise sheep, and explore ways farmers meet the needs of the sheep they raise.

Students identify the source of the food they eat and investigate the processes and people involved in getting food from the farm to their spoon.

Students determine that plants provide people with food, clothing, shelter, and many other things that we use in our daily lives.

Students determine where fruits grow and their nutritional value by completing an activity to observe the size, shape, texture, and seeds of various fruits.

Students observe various types of seed, discover the many uses of seeds, taste edible seeds, and make a seed mosaic.

Students identify how the basic needs of a growing chick are met during egg incubation, diagram the parts of an egg, and hatch eggs in class.

Students identify different machines used on farms and what they do. Grades PreK-K

Students discover what farmers do and how they help their community. Grades PreK-K

Students explore how producers and consumers work together to meet human needs by using the book John Deere, That’s Who!

Students trace the production path of eggs, beginning on the farm and ending in their home and identify the culinary uses and nutritional benefits of eggs.

Students discover that farm animals produce different types of products. Grades PreK-K

Students discover that there are many different types of farms. Grades PreK-K