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Farm Animals And Food They Eat
Students identify farm animals by the sounds they make and draw the animal and type of food they eat. For this farm animals lesson plan, students read the book Barnyard Song and view baggies of animal food.
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ESL Farm Animals Multiple Choice Worksheet
In this ESL farm animals worksheet, students look at a small clip art picture of a farm animal before picking its name from 4 choices. They see animals such as a sheep, a rooster, a pig, and a horse.
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Farm Animals
In this ESL animal worksheet, students will focus on animals from a farm. Students will complete 4 matching questions, by looking at the pictures in one column and matching them with the correct terminology and vocabulary from the...
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Farm Animals
In this farm animals worksheet, students examine nine animal shadows on the left of the worksheet and match each one up with their actual names on the right.
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Integrated Pest Management
Students investigate the different methods used in integrated pest management. In this biology lesson, students evaluate experiments and case studies on IPM. They discuss the pros and cons of using this method.
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Organic Farming / Agriculture
Want an organic farming resource packed with experiments, background information, science fair projects, and topics of interest for further research? Here it is. Young environmental scientists can explore concepts involved in organic...
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Farming: It's a Fact
Understanding where our food and textiles come from is key to understanding business, economics, and the importance of modern agriculture. Learners play a game, read text to determine farm fact from opinion, and itemize a grocery receipt...
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ESL Farm Animal Words
In this ESL farm animal words matching worksheet, students examine 5 clip art pictures of farm animals. They match the picture on the left with the word that names it on the right.
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Time & Itineraries Two
Young scholars explore time management by participating in itinerary activities. In this time telling lesson, students identify how to read a clock, how to communicate the time to others and how to plan for events in the day. Young...
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Managing Nutrients in Livestock Manure
Livestock managers reinforce math and science skills while learning about the nutrients found in manure. They predict which animal produces the largest amount and which animal's manure contains the most nitrogen. Finally, they compare...
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Farm Stories, Animal Webbing, Favorite Farm Animal Graph
Students brainstorm animals they would expect to see on a farm. They save these on a Kidspiration web. Students watch or read a farm story. They discuss the characters. Students vote for their favorite farm animal and crate a graph using...
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Farm Animal Matching
For this ESL farm animals worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict common farm animals. Students match these to the words that name them.
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Farm Animals ESL
In this ESL farm animals vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures of farm animals and read the question next to each one. Students answer each question with yes or no. Example: It is a pig.
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Fish Farm: an open ended, student centered laboratory activity
Students are contacted by a fictitious company which raises tropical fish to do basic research for them so that they might keep their production costs down. They need to know the optimum salinity in which to hatch the brine shrimp that...
Agriculture in the Classroom
"Steer" Toward STEM: Careers in Animal Agriculture
Think like an engineer and an agricultural scientist over the course of 12 lessons in a STEM based unit. Young scientists take on the roles of animal physiologists, animal geneticists, agricultural engineers, animal nutritionists, and...
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From Forest to Farm to Urban Forest
Students participate in a group discuss revolving around urban development and their answers to worksheet questions. They analyze maps and historical records to compare and contrast the day to day activities of a forest manager.
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Field Day: Be an IPM Detective
Become a pest detective! Individually or in small groups, scholars scout the land to discover which pests—plant and animal—inhabit it, determine whether the pests are endangering the environment, and summarize their findings.
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Japan: Farmers Face Global Competition
Students examine the history of Japanese farming and current international farming issues. They conduct Internet research, create a chart to illustrate the history of farm products in Japan, and simulate a WTO meeting.
Food Project
Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
A series of hands-on, outdoor activities increase understanding of agricultural terms, soil management, pest control, and more. Plan ahead for this one as it requires a number of supplies and could be messy. Activities include...
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Deer Population
Ninth graders study deer including their reproduction rate and management in Pennsylvania. In this deer overpopulation lesson students estimate deer population and suggest management tools.
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Ownership of Lands
Students study the levels of forest ownership and how each are managed. In this land ownership instructional activity students research timber companies and complete a writing assignment.
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Cesar Chavez Biopoem
Students demonstrate their learning about Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers Union by writing a biopoem. They word process the poem.
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Time & Itineraries Two
Students explore time management by participating in clock reading activities. For this itinerary lesson, students define a list of time telling vocabulary terms and practice reading analog clocks with a partner. Students identify ways...
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Back to the Farm
Learners complete a family tree. In this farming and ranching lesson, students define the term genealogy, learn how to create a family tree, and fill in a family tree with the help of their parents making sure to note if any of their...