Lessons

Students investgate different food crops and how they grow. Grades PreK-K

Students investigate potato varieties, explore potato plants, determine how potatoes grow, and make a potato recipe.

Students read How to Grow a Monster, describe the needs of a zucchini plant, identify the structure and function of zucchini plant parts, grow classroom zucchini plants, and experiment with different environments and growing conditions.

Students investigate how and where sorghum is grown and discover its health benefits.

Students identify the differences between beef and dairy cattle and determine the commodities produced by each type of cattle.

Students explore the journey of milk from cow to ice cream, make ice cream in a bag, and discover how food engineers have developed many different processes for making ice cream.

Students observe how a seed sprouts and investigate the conditions necessary for germination to occur.

Students explore a variety of greens to identify their structure and function in plant growth and prepare, cook, differentiate, and enjoy the health benefits leafy greens have to offer.

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 discover the needs of a seed to germinate and the needs of a plant to grow while exploring the life stages of a flowering plant.

Students identify where fruits and vegetables belong on the MyPlate diagram and describe the major parts of plants—roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits—according to if they are produced on the top or bottom of a plant.