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Factory farming Lesson Plans
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Students read about factory farming and determine a way to do something about it. In this industrial agriculture activity, students read about the problems associated with factory farming. They think of ways to do something about the problem through campaigns, educational events, or fundraisers.
Young scholars compare the differences between factory farming and sustainable farms. They incorporate math computation techniques and the use of graphs and tables to collect ten facts and/or opinions and at least 3 statistics (including percentages) regarding family farms and factory farms.
Students compare the risks and benefits of the new technology used in factory farming. In this factory farms lesson students role play an activity then divide into groups, research the Internet and present their findings to the class.
Students consider their own diets and examine an op-ed article about organically produced foods. They research alternatives to various foods for the creation of a supermarket and reflect on their own diets after keeping a food journal.
Students investigate healthy eating habits by researching livestock. In this food sustainability lesson, students research the negative impact factory farming has on our environment due to pollution. Students define agricultural vocabulary terms such as "sustainability" and "organic" before completing a worksheet titled "Livestock Grazing in Northern California."
Young scholars describe the sensory experience of a character's journey in an essay. In this precise details writing lesson, students explain the effects on the senses of weather, time of day, landscape, and other experiences. Young scholars use similes and metaphors.
Students examine the different types of water pollutants and how they affect the waterways. In this environmental science instructional activity, students collect and interpret data from government agencies. They discuss how industrial development in their area affect the water resources.
Students examine why racial tensions continued after laws were put into place to try and create equal treatment. In this two part Civil Rights instructional activity, students explored the causes of the movement through photography and a PowerPoint explaining the Jim Crow Laws and segregation. Through images, students can see the pain that the African Americans went through to get to this point. Students reflect and discuss.
Students simulate roles as concerned citizens who are discussing the wetland ecosystem of a pond. They role play as they research and discuss the affects that human actions such as development have on the biotic and abiotic life of the pond habitat. They use handheld computers to compile information.
Students make an eco-friendly vehicle to help make transportation better for the environment. In this transportation lesson, students learn how transportation inventions are bad for the environment. They then see how engineers have tried to make eco-friendly transportation devices. In the end, they design their own eco-friendly transportation device.
