Students observe evidence of erosion and various rock formations that have formed as a result of erosion and weathering. Their task is to explain how the forces of weathering and erosion contributed to sculpturing these rocks into arches...

Students gain knowledge about the impact of drought in agriculture. They investigate soil types, water flow, and various erosion conditions which occur during a drought and see how farming practices changed after the 1930's.

The dry Oklahoma landscape in America's Dust Bowl sent many farmers in search of the promised land. A teacher's guide to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath discusses the characters' desire for a better home along with other themes...

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a one paragraph text about Bryce Canyon. Students answer one multiple choice question.

In this soil destruction and conservation activity, students read a three page non-fiction article. They answer 10 fill in the blank questions and 1 short answer question based on the reading about soil building methods.

Learners will identify cause and effect relationships in issues relating to Agriculture and the environment.Ask students to describe what farmers do. Then ask learners to define the word "environmentalist." Ask students if they have...

First graders listen to the book The Story of Sand and make predictions about an investigation based on soil, sand, and silt. In this sand lesson, 1st graders work in groups to discuss their observations about sand and answer higher...

Fifth graders discover the uses for rice by reading about the habitats of certain birds.  In this agriculture lesson plan, 5th graders research birds from the Gulf Coast and California and their reasons for living in rice fields....

Students write a description of their own life in the same style used in the first poem in Out of the Dust.  In this Out of the Dust lesson, students discuss open form poetry and how the spacing and line breaks create a flow to...

Second graders examine science non-fiction books in the 500 section of the media center. They listen to Byrd Baylor's, Everybody Needs a Rock, and write a sentence that tells why everyone does need a rock. They illustrate the sentence.