Fourth graders problem solve a problem from a local business using data, generating graphs, and draw conclusions. They submit their findings in a business letter format with feed back from a company's plant manager.

The student will become visually aware of the different shapes of wholesale cuts of beef.1. Ask a local meat cutter to make a class visit to explain his or her job. 2. Enlarge the steer outline on Student Worksheet B, and place it on a...

Students explore the make up of fabrics. In this agriculture lesson, students examine the cotton and wool crops of the United States and discover how fabrics are created.

Third graders discuss the ways in which human interaction with the environment and production of waste products contribute to pollution. Through a pollution demonstration, they explain how various groups of plants and animals can be...

Fifth graders read about the cotton industry in America and demonstrate the roll of slaves picking and removing seeds from a boll of cotton. The relationship between slaves and cotton production is established.

High schoolers identify and analyze the concept of integrated resource management. Then they identify the importance of computers in manufacturing management. Students also identify and define the meaning of acronyms such as CAD, CAM,...

Students investigate the concept of agriculture. They focus upon the presence of agriculture and the personal implications of it. Students generate lists related to the concept to encourage group discussions. The products of agriculture...

The students will identify many of the things in their lives that come from agriculture.See if someone involved in production agriculture will "adopt" your class. Students can correspond with the farmer or rancher's family. This will...

Students study the types of jobs that people can do in the forest. They examine those who study the forest, harvest the trees, and plant trees to renew the forest.

Students examine the hunting and farming practices of the Black Pioneer. They identify crops raised by black pioneers, and explore the contribution of children to the success of the family farm. Students explore the importance of...

Students discover the importance of the bison within the prairie ecosystem and Native American culture, and explain the importance of habitat and place to living organisms.

Students realize that Christmas trees produced in Ontario are a field crop that is harvested annually. They find out that Christmas tree farming is important to the economy and the environment of our province.

Fourth graders explore different forms of energy and discover ways that natural resources are important. They research how your town would be affected by building your type of power plant.

Students explain the importance of larval dispersal and retention to populations. They collect data on organisms and examine it.

Pupils construct time lines using historical facts about the development of agriculture. Students research specific dates and events and report their findings to the class. Pupils tape or glue the sections together sequentially in a...

Students consider and discuss the meaning of the word "agriculture" and how agriculture affects their lives every day. Students identify the various ways that agriculture touches their personal lives. Students use worksheets to list all...

Students are introduced to the unit on the importance of diversity of life and the role that interdependence plays in our worlds. this is part of a multi-lesson unit on the diversity of life.

Third graders explore, examine and identify the importance of the arrival of Africans and women to the Jamestown settlement. They review the groups of people in Virginia during the early 1600s and explain how having a government brought...

Students send a box of clues to a class in another Oregon community along with hints to help them study about their community. Students research their own geographic area, determine what they send in their box, then collect and assemble...

Learners discuss the pollination of bees and butterflies.  In this pollination instructional activity,students complete a worksheet answering questions about an imaginary bee pollination company.   Learners understand the...

Students conduct a scientific investigation about organic or inorganic waste.  In this organic or inorganic waste instructional activity, students create a compost heap to determine the difference between inorganic and organic...

Seamounts are large, extinct volcanoes that rise up from the bottom of the ocean floor. They are a relatively new landform in the scientific community, and this lesson invites students to learn about the amazing diversity of life found...

From the light reaction to the Calvin cycle, this presentation contains information about the various stages of photosynthesis.  This is a great supplement to some of the biochemistry-heavy presentations about the specific...

Garbage, recycle, compost: Does it really matter where we put our trash once we are done? By making detailed observations over seven weeks, kids will see which materials break down naturally to become a healthy part of the soil, and...