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Who Makes Your Cereal?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate how cereal is produced. In this agricultural lesson plan, 4th graders discuss where ingredients in cereal come from. Students use picture cards to identify the steps in producing cereal.
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Oragami Village Diorama

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students take advantage of the qualities and characteristics of art media, techniques, and processes to enhance communication of their experiences and ideas. Then they select and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas of...
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Uses of a Tree

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students complete a word sort to discover the relationship of tree resources. In this tree resource lesson, students examine information from the word sort and the book "Be a Friend to Trees" by Patricia Lauber. Finally, students create...
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High Five Burger

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate agricultural sources. For this agricultural lesson, 5th graders read the book Have a Hamburger and See the U.S.A. and record each component of a hamburger. Students use a map of the U.S.A. to locate the...
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Bread in a Bag

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore wheat. In this bread making lesson, students make their own loaf of bread and discover the history behind wheat. They work in pairs to follow step-by-step instructions for making the bread. This lesson includes a...
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A Dialogue With Your Lettuce

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Young scholars, in groups, create questions they would ask about a head of lettuce in their refrigerator (e.g., Where were you grown? Who picked you? What were the working conditions?). They exchange questions with another group and...
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Cereals

For Teachers K - 6th
Students watch television commercials, then analyze the nutritional value of the cereals. In this health and nutrition lesson, the teacher shows students several cereal commercials, then the students describe the cereals. Students read...
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Now You See It, Now You Don't

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore organic and inorganic objects. In this environmental instructional activity students perform a composting experiment using flowers in different soils. Students record their observations.
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Ag in My Community; Agriculture

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners build knowledge about agriculture as it relates to their communities' commodities.  In this agriculture activity, students brainstorm about conditions in their community with regards to growing different...
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Farm to Lunch: Exploring Agricultural Careers

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine Utah's economic structure and learn about agricultural careers.  In this agricultural careers lesson, 4th graders follow agricultural products from their source to the lunch table. Students chart their results...
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ABC: Acid Base Chemistry

For Teachers 7th Standards
Bubble, bubble, boil and trouble! What causes common substances like baking soda and vinegar to react the way they do? Welcome your junior chemists to the wonders of acid-base chemistry using a comprehensive and fun...
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Who In the World Is Hungry?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the scope of hunger throughout the world. Using United States data, they discover why hunger is important to the United States and its agriculture. They identify goals of sustainable development and food security. ...
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Grain Seeds and Food

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners observe the characteristics of different seed types. They classify, sort, name and write about the seeds.
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Foodways Conclusions Worksheet - Page 2

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Louisiana regional foodways learning exercise, students collaborate in small groups to construct a meaningful conclusion to the foodways project by answering 3 questions.
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KEEP ON TRUCKING

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students comprehend and apply concepts of data analysis and distributions by observing modes of transportation for food and fiber products. They are given an activity sheet "On the Lookout for Agriculture." Students discuss the discuss...
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Lunchroom Trash

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore the amount of waste produced by humans. In this ecology lesson, students predict which lunch bag and its contents will produce the most waste. Leftover material is examined, amounts are recorded, and a bar graph is...
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Milk and Dairy, Day 1

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars review different types of milk products and their characteristics, demonstrate how to select and prepare milk and milk products, identify standard serving sizes, define terms associated with milk and milk products, and...
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Bacteria in Your Life

For Students 6th - 8th
In this bacteria worksheet, students conduct an experiment by looking through their cupboard and refrigerator at home and locating the expiration date on six foods. Then they record what they found in the table shown. Students also...
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the Business of Good Ideas

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider economic factors in patenting a new invention. They research an already-patented health product and assess its profitability.
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Spreadsheet Budget Project

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders record all the food they eat for one week, compute the costs for all of this food, and display the different categories on a spreadsheet and then convert to a chart.
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A LOT OF THIS FOR A LITTLE OF THAT

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers describe the import and export of agricultural products and gain a comprehension of the concept of supply and demand. They discuss exports and imports. Students have small world maps on each desk, they identify the...
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Health Benefits of Rice

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the health benefits of rice. In this food benefits lesson, 6th graders discover the nutritious benefits of rice. Students research Celiac Sprue disease and how rice benefits the people with this disease.
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Giving Them the Business

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils work in small groups of 4-5 students to form a business, create, market and sell their product, and track their expenses and profits. They experience the roles of the producer, distributor, and consumer of goods.
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Decomposition vs. Synthesis Reaction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers define the term chemical reaction, identify the reactants and products in a chemical reaction, distinguish between decomposition and synthesis reactions and construct reactions using food items.

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