Sorghum at School: Learn, Grow, Pop, Taste
Students investigate how and where sorghum is grown and discover its health benefits.
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Milk or Meat? Beef or Dairy?
Students identify the differences between beef and dairy cattle and determine the commodities produced by each type of cattle.
Milk, Sugar, Science: Engineering Ice Cream
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.
The Geography of Thanksgiving Dinner (Grades 6-8)
Identify common Thanksgiving foods and their farm source, determine if those foods can be produced locally, and locate the common origins of their Thanksgiving day dinner.
Photosynthesis: Energy's Journey From Farm to You
Explore photosynthesis to discover how plants obtain energy from the sun and then continue following energy's path to see how energy can flow through ecosystems to ultimately provide food for humans.
Farming in a Glove (Grades K-2)
Students observe how a seed sprouts and investigate the conditions necessary for germination to occur.
My Farm Web (Grades K-2)
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.
How Does Your Garden Grow? (Grades K-2)
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.
Plant Tops and Bottoms
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.
How Does Your Garden Grow? (Grades 3-5)
Students synthesize what they know about soils, plants, and the environment to plan a garden, present their plans, and explain why they made the decisions that they did.
Eating Plants
Students identify the structure and function of six plant parts and classify fruits and vegetables according to which parts of the plants are edible.
A Garden Plot: The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Students identify foods grown in a garden, observe various types of seed, and grow their own "milk jug" garden. Students listen to the Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter and investigate produce that is grown in gardens or on farms.