Lessons

Students observe and explain the decomposition process and identify the methods and ingredients for making compost.

Students examine fruit and vegetable preparation and storage.

Students investigate six kinds of simple machines—inclined plane, pulley, screw, wedge, lever, and wheel and axle, and determine that simple machines can be combined to form complex machines.

Students identify basic animal behaviors, hypothesize what causes them, and discover the responsibilities of an animal physiologist.

Students dissect seeds, identify the anatomy and function of seed parts, and classify seeds as monocots or dicots.

Students preserve peppers to create their own probiotic food, observe properties of preserved foods and states of matter changes that occur, and discover the health benefits of probiotics.

Students explore simple and complex machines and discover how they are used in agriculture.

Students use simple machines to examine the relationships between force and motion, complete a science journal, and participate in group activities to demonstrate the use of simple machines.

Students make observations about historic tools used on a dairy farm to store and process milk into cheese and butter.

Students observe the growth of Indian corn and popcorn seeds, observe similarities and differences between the two varieties, and discuss heredity.

Students explore different types of weather and discover how weather conditions can impact farms.

Students use food and farming as a basis for exploring the concepts of estimating and measuring using customary and metric units of measurements.