Lessons

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 explore different cultures around the world, compare worldwide communities with local communities, and explain the interrelationship between the environment and community development.

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.

Students estimate the size and weight of pumpkins, sprout pumpkin seeds, and make pumpkin pie in a bag.

Students investigate the phenomenon of decomposing pumpkins as a part of the plant's life cycle.

Students will evaluate the USDA grading system for whole cuts of beef and discuss consumer preferences and nutritional differences between grain-finished and grass-finished beef. Students will also distinguish various labels on beef products and discuss reasons for the government’s involvement in agricultural production, processing and distribution of food.

Students explore the history of the Christmas tree, explain the life cycle of a conifer, identify types of trees and how they adapt, discover what it's like to work on a Christmas tree farm, and examine the ecology of conifer trees.