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Farming Lesson Plans
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In this lesson learners discover the animals which live on a farm through listening to a story about farm animals and simple research. They create a class Web site about farm animals. This Web site provide information about each animal.
This lesson has learners explore the risks associated with treated sewage water on farm fields. In this biology lesson, learners read an article on a model created to estimate the risks of pathogen transmission when treated bio-waste is applied to farm fields. This lesson has learners experiment to test the flow of water through small soil columns to determine how much potential drinking water passes through the soil columns. This lesson has learners summarize their results and draw conclusions.
In this lesson students explore the animals on a farm through reading and a virtual tour. In this farm animals lesson, students cut and paste pictures into farm animals and non-farm animals pages. In this lesson students use a mail merge to create their own Old MacDonald story.
Learners solve number riddles. In this numeration 0-100 math lesson, learners place pretzels, Skittles, and other foods representing food, water, and shelter for farm animals on the number on the hundreds chart that matches clues given by the teacher. Learners identify numbers in the ones and tens place, find the sum of two numbers, and complete number patterns such as even and odd.
In this lesson learners listen to The Year at Maple Hill Farm and learn about seasonal changes on a farm. In this seasonal changes lesson, learners create a mobile from a paper plate based on the seasons.
This lesson has learners examine the history of farming. In this environmental farming lesson, learners explore the web and complete a variety of activities in order to understand the necessity of local, sustainable, and small farms for the future. This lesson has learners use their findings to design a farm that meets environmentally sound criteria.
Learners explore the concept of farm animals. In this farm animal lesson, learners identify and match adult and baby farm animals. Learners also identify the sounds of each farm animal.
Students investigate farm animals. In this farm animals lesson, students acquire basic farm vocabulary, identify farm animals, sing songs and create a farm animals books. Students use the SMART board to match animal pictures and words.
Students understand Charlotte's web through the completion of a web-quest. In this Charlotte's Web lesson, students complete comprehension tasks such as role playing their favorite scene, choosing a character and making a multimedia slide, researching farm animals and creating web pages.
Students explore agriculture by creating a timeline in class. In this farming technology lesson, students identify what farming was like the in early 1800's and which inventions proved to change the food industry forever. Students create a timeline which illustrates the important inventions in the farming world from the 1700's until now.
