Lessons

Students categorize plants into groups, describe what plants need for healthy growth, and start their own garden by planting seeds inside a cup.

Students use pizza as a basis for exploring agriculture, geography, and mathematics.

Students label the parts of a peanut plant on a diagram, follow step-by-step instructions to plant a peanut, and use a chart to record the growth of peanut plants.

Students categorize the foods they eat, explore healthy eating habits, and investigate the MyPlate food campaign.

Students explore the numerous career opportunities involved in the dairy industry and solve real world math problems related to specific careers within the industry.

Students plant seeds, make considerations about which conditions affect plant growth, design and conduct experiments using a problem-solving process, and compare and contrast to understand the parameters which influence the health and growth of living things.

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 examine the functions of plant leaves and identify leaves as edible parts of some plants.

Students demonstrate rain drop splash (splash erosion) and determine its impact on bare soil by visually identifying types of erosion.

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