Ei E: The Best of Bugs: Designing Hand Pollinators Lesson 3

There's more to that glowing ball of light in sky than most children realize. From the overall structure of the solar system, to the changing of the seasons, these hands-on lessons open the eyes of young scientists to...

Wow! Here is a most-impressive series of lessons and activities that revolve around the classic story, The Tale of Peter Rabbit. The purpose of the lessons are to provide an agricultural theme in the reading, writing, and science...

Water is the source of life. It appears in poetry in both peaceful and torrential descriptions; it appears in earth science in its liquid, gaseous, and solid states. Combine these interpretations of our planet's most precious and...

Students perform controlled experiments to identify effective materials and methods for picking up and dropping off pollen. [10:41]

Students perform controlled experiments to identify effective materials and methods for picking up and dropping off pollen. [12:49]

A storybook introduces the engineering challenge and context. In this story, Mariana, a girl from the Dominican Republic, learns about agricultural engineering as she designs a hand pollinator to use in her garden. [7:49]

A storybook introduces the engineering challenge and context. In this story, Mariana, a girl from the Dominican Republic, learns about agricultural engineering as she designs a hand pollinator to use in her garden. [15:33]

Students think like agricultural engineers as they perform a play about Integrated Pest Management at an apple orchard. [12:15]

Students think like agricultural engineers as they perform a play about Integrated Pest Management at an apple orchard. [8:47]

Watch as a teacher engages her fifth-grade students in several experiments to learn more about the properties of magnets. [7:03]