Agriculture Lesson Plans

Learners examine the size and impact of forest industry in PA. They discuss primary and secondary lumber processes construct a chart that illustrates the steps in the primary and secondary lumber processes (based on surveys).

Students examine the Great Depression. In this lesson the ups and downs in the American Economy, students examine several documents dealing with the causes of the Great Depression. They will then have to develop their own plan for helping the nation deal with the crisis. The students will then write a “fireside” chat to present to the class.

Review the water cycle and investigate how a region's water supply can become contaminated. Your high school scientists can examine a list of EPA water contaminants, and sketch the water cycle of a fictitious town that is affected by several pollutants.

Students use online tools and resources to examine the health of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. They examine the various animals and plants that inhabit the watershed and explore how each one is an important part of the bay.

Fourth graders study the role of technology in agriculture. In this agricultural technology instructional activity, 4th graders spend ten to twelve days studying how technology affects agriculture. Students also are made aware of different careers in the agriculture and biotechnology field.

Students investigate the types of genetically modified crop plants there are and the benefits and risks of such plants. The agricultural needs in developing nations for this biological knowledge to resolve societal issues is also examined in this lesson.

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 examine how to use ecological analysis to animal production systems.  In this sustainable agriculture lesson students examine where the nutrients flow in a system and complete several activities. 

Students are introduced GIS systems and how they operate. Using a GIS system, they locate and map the various types of agricultural products grown in Oregon. They rank each county based on the amount of agricultural products produced and create a legend for others to use.

Young scholars write about the benefits that industrial agriculture has had on growing crops. In this industrial agriculture lesson plan, students research how technology has impacted the processing speed of growing food.