This cross curricular lesson involves eggs. Students read about eggs. A counting game involving an egg carton and ping pong balls (eggs) is played as students toss balls into numbered egg carton cups and adding their score. Students...

Fourth graders assess the development of animal husbandry, outline it in detail as well as arrange the steps in sequential order. In addition, they discuss how certain animals came to be domesticated, concentrate to research on one of...

Students investigate agricultural careers and all the related jobs tied to them. The lesson has a great introduction with information for the students and teacher. The lesson incorporates drawing and writing to engage multiple...

Learners engage in a lesson to build the character trait of optimism. They use two quotations to begin the class discussion. Students brainstorm to come up with a definition of optimism. Then they read a story that is used as an...

Students solve a story problem about how many trees can be planted in a given area. Using a map, they gather information about the size of the area and the dimensions of an acre. They use a specific equation to determine the area of...

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....

Students will observe wind erosion and how crop residue prevents erosion.Point out the three kinds of fields to the students. Do as much or as little instruction as needed to explain the pan with crop residue. Conservation tillage...

In this early childhood nouns instructional activity, students practice using nouns as they complete 10 sentences with a noun or nouns from the word bank.

In this rhyming words instructional activity, students listen as someone reads 4 sentences to them. Students select the words that rhyme with the underlined words. Students also match 5 words to 5 words that rhyme with them.

Middle schoolers explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students read the story Seedfolks and consider working for the common good. Middle schoolers also watch "Whose Walls and Whose Rules" in order to take...

Pupils examine the role of transgenic varieties in principal field crops.  In this agriculture lesson students are introduced to some of the politics of science and some of the arguments. 

Students examine how food safety affects sustainable animal production and marketing.  In this agriculture lesson students complete several activities including one on groceries and the rules of animal products. 

First graders explore peanuts. In this peanut lesson, 1st graders examine the parts of peanut plants and identify them. Students plant their own peanut plants and chart their growth.

Students determine healthy food choices. In this healthy food choice instructional activity, students study food vocabulary and complete a worksheet about making good choices. They put together a dinner plate that shows a complete meal...

Students compare and contrast data charts and statistics for food prices of now and in the past. In this food prices lesson plan, students answer short answer questions and calculate computations.

Students study maps and structures of Ancient Greece and realize how these structures impact times. For this structures lesson plan, students view the structures of how Ancient Greece was put together and discuss how these structures...

Students read about and discuss the geography and statehood of Utah. In this Homestead Act lesson plan, students read the Homestead Act and discuss its effects. Students analyze a precipitation map and work in pairs to answer discussion...

In this online interactive history worksheet, students respond to 19 matching questions regarding the events that led to the American Revolution. Students may check their answers immediately.

Students investigate different perspectives through a farming simulation. In this photo perspectives lesson plan, students examine different photographs taken by satellite or from ground level. Students then discuss the differences and...

Students examine the implications of the passage of the Whiskey Tax of 1791. In this Whiskey Rebellion lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the details of the rebellion. Students respond to discussion...

Students examine the migration of refugees. In this California history lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the details of how the Dust Bowl and Great Depression led to a California population...

Third graders develop a creative art project.  In this rice lesson, 3rd graders learn about rice, when and how it is harvested, and how it is stored.  Students make rainbow rice and use it to create other art projects.

Students investigate trends in agriculture.  In this secondary mathematics lesson, students evaluate agricultural census data from 1982 to 2202 as they compare the properties of the mean and the median.  Students explore what...

Students investigate the history of England as they research the Rebecca riots.  In this England history lesson, students discover how English men dressed as women in order to surprise attack another group in the 1800's....