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Agriculture in the Classroom

Build it Better

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
If you think you can do better, feel free to give it a try. Pupils learn about the work on Temple Grandin and consider ways to improve animal handling facilities. They work in groups to build models to showcase their ideas.
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Curated OER

Panther Exam: Writing a Play

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students demonstrate their knowledge of panthers by writing a play on the subject.  In this animal life lesson plan, students view a slide-show on school computers of a veterinary exam of a panther.  Students utilize this...
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Curated OER

Blindfolded Building

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners build a Lego design and then work with a partner to reproduce that design. They guide the building of the reproduction by description only and then check their work.
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Curated OER

Solve the Case!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners discover the habits of panthers by solving fictitious crime mysteries.  In this animal life lesson, students utilize their research from previous lessons to solve mysteries in a panther activity.  Learners answer...
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Curated OER

Cell Wall Recipe: A Lesson on Biofuels

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Biotech engineers discover that changes in the DNA code for cell wall formation can help create crops better suited for biofuel production. They extract DNA from wheat germ. They decode paper strips with codes and relate the activity to...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: You're the Expert

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Student teams learn about and devise technical presentations on four reproductive technology topics pregnancy ultrasound, amniocentesis, in-vitro fertilization or labor anesthetics. Each team acts as a panel of engineers asked to make a...