Agriculture Careers Lesson Plans

Fourth graders examine Utah's economic structure and learn about agricultural careers.  In this agricultural careers lesson, 4th graders follow agricultural products from their source to the lunch table. Students chart their results to understand the many jobs involved in getting the food to the table.

Using the Agriculture Career Education website to examine careers in the field of agriculture, high schoolers will identify the seven clusters within agriculture careers. Furthermore, they will explore technical and professional careers within each cluster. Additionally, they will look at entry, technical and professional levels for each career to analyze components. To end the lesson, they create their own career and education plan.

Learners research careers in agriculture. In this agriculture lesson, students explore different careers and construct a report over their chosen career. Learners practice 6 Trait writing skills.

Learners explore agriculture careers.  In this literacy and career education lesson, students brainstorm possible careers in the agricultural field and choose a career of interest to them.  Learners write a paper about different aspects of this career using the 6 traits of writing model.

Second graders role play one of the jobs related to agriculture and explain their role in getting one of the five "f's" of agriculture to the consumer.  In this agriculture lesson, 2nd graders are assigned a role and a commodity.  Each group will present their job in getting the commodity to the consumer.

Second graders research economics by completing a class activity based on food production. In this agriculture lesson, 2nd graders define agribusiness and discuss how food reaches the masses when it's grown so far away. Students utilize props and participate in a food role-play exercise.

Students define terms and distinguish between the goals and practices used to achieve sustainable agriculture.  For this sustainable agriculture lesson students demonstrate awareness of the different impacts of agriculture. 

Students explore eight career and technical areas and make connections with business, family and consumers, and technology. They examine and describe how agriculture and natural resources impact our quality of life. They explore and identify emerging technologies and careers in agriculture.

Ninth graders will explore manufacturing careers. In this career instructional activity, 9th graders will explore career options through an interactive video-conference with an engineering professor or professional.

Students discuss and identify the job market in agriculture. They define what is meant by Exploratory SAE and list five possible opportunities in the local community. Finally, students differentiate between improvement and supplementary SAE activities, listing five examples of improvement activities and five tasks that are supplementary SAE activities.