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Celebrate Wheat

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Pupils compose a thank you letter and a time line about the history of wheat. In this wheat lesson plan, students learn and discuss the origin of wheat, and the differences between einkorn, emmer, and wheat.
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Massachusetts

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Massachusetts activity, students read a two page text about the history of the state of Massachusetts. Students answer 10 true and false questions.
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Common Good in Aztec Culture Lesson 2: Aztec Religion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine human sacrifice and read about Aztec gods and religious practices. They study Aztec sacrifice while looking at opportunity costs of doing things for the common good.
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Farming 2: Packaging and Transport

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore the special packaging and transport that many foods require to stay fresh during their journey from the farm to people's dinner tables.
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Farming 1: Farm Machines

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine how machines help people grow food. They study specialized types of farm machines and the tasks they perform. They complete handouts matching images of the machines with text.
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GMOs: Should We Grow Them?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the ethics of biotechnology and genetically modifying various organisms. They complete various activities and labs on GMOs and then write a position paper regarding their individual opinions on the subject.
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Georgia O'Keefe Inspired Flowers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine artwork by Georgia O'Keefe. They create their own abstracted flower. They use multimedia applications to manipulate and filter the colors.
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Agriculture is a Cycle

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
What do a bicycle and the life cycle have in common? Cover this and more with the series of cross-curricular activities included in this plan. Learners do everything from making bracelets that represent the life cycle to checking out the...
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LET YOUR FINGERS DO THE WALKING

For Teachers 4th - 5th
The student will recognize different information sources. 2. The student will use a telephone book as a resource for locating agricultural businesses and people with agriculture-related jobs.Discuss the purpose of the phone book, and...
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COMMON KINDS OF INSECTS

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students will recognize and name three common insects.1. Share background information with students. 2. Provide students with the "bug body" puzzle pages, and have them cut the puzzles out.1. Share background information with students....
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Agriculture Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students find the words that are related to the finding of terms and information about agriculture for ten questions. The answers are on page 3.
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Scarecrows

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students find the answers to questions after reading the short story about scarecrows. The reader must increase reading comprehension.
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Farm Spelling

For Students 6th - 8th
In this literacy worksheet, students study the spelling list related to farming and conclude in the activities that include word searches and other writing samples.
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What is Climate Change?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students research climate change. In this environmental lesson, students view a PowerPoint slideshow about climate change and identify the ways that climate change affects life on Earth.
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Flawed Democracies, Human Rights

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the bombing of Pearl Harbor.  For this U.S. History lesson, students discover the Japanese internment camps and why our government chose to relocate the Japanese.  Students examine photographs from the era...
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Biomass: The Energy of the Future

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students research renewable fuels. In this alternative energy lesson, students compile information and create a comparison chart on renewable resources. This lesson includes additional suggested readings, vocabulary, and a Biomass...
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Biodiesel Demand Could Destroy World's Forests

For Students 10th - 12th
In this global issues worksheet, students read a 1-page article about biodiesel demand then write PPC articles that address the costs of biodiesel use.
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Agriculture - It Doesn't Just Happen

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the role of the US Department of Agriculture. In this United States Agriculture lesson plan, 6th graders create maps with sites and specialty areas. Students create a presentation on the topic they were given to...
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Strawberry Girl: Outdoors in Florida

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore nature by researching the state of Florida. In this animal identification lesson plan, students read a children' story and research the Internet to discover the difference in animal life between the early 1900's and...
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Erosion

For Teachers K - 12th
Students examine soil erosion and what causes it.  In this soil lesson students complete several experiments on soil erosion and the weathering process. 
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Soil and Agriculture: Lesson 4 - Agriculture and Soil

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners determine how the various levels of minerals in the soil, as well as the pH of the soil, affect the growth of plants in these plant growth experiments.
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Ancient Egypt

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Ancient Egypt worksheet, students read a 2 page article on Ancient Egypt, answer 3 statements as true or false and choose which multiple choice answers best answers 3 questions/statements.
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Advanced Critical Reading: Ethanol

For Students 6th - 10th
In this advanced critical reading worksheet, students read a passage about ethanol then answer questions. Students make inferences, determine author's purpose and use context clues to find the meaning of unknown words in the passage.
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The Challenge of Egg Photography

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine lighting and composition to create a photograph of a white subject (an egg) against a white background. In this photography lesson plan students examine each others photos to determine the best methods.

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