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Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Young scholars complete various activities to investigate farm animals. In this farm animals lesson, students sing the song 'Old MacDonald Had a Farm,' and listen to sounds farm animals make. Young scholars color pictures for farm...
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My Farm Animal Needs
In this farm animals worksheet, students write or draw the necessary things their chosen farm animal needs. There are no directions on the page.
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Where Does Food Come From?
Distinguish between food and non-food items. Recognize that food is obtained from both plant and animal sources. Identify sources for some common animal foods then construct a simple food path from the farm to the consumer.
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Farm Products Help Me Grow
Learners view a display of empty food containers (or illustrations). They select a food and decide as a class if it has an animal or plant origin. Students view a display of common farm animals that are commonly eaten (cow, pig, chicken,...
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Soil, Designing the Small Farm of the Future
Young scholars examine the history of farming. In this environmental farming activity, students explore the web and complete a variety of activities in order to understand the necessity of local, sustainable, and small farms for the...
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Food Web II
Young ecologists are shown a picture of eight animals and two plants. On another piece of paper, they are asked to construct a food web that includes the animals pictured. They must also identify the producers, consumers, herbivores,...
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On The Farm
Students study a dairy farm and also the crops that grow on farms. They research how we depend on farms to get the food we eat. They transform their findings and describe one the farms or make up their own. They turn the information...
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Classifying Animals - Farm and Pets
Students explore the concept of classification. In this classification lesson, students collaborate in order to classify animals as pets or farm animals.
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Animal Homes in the Garden
First graders journey to the school garden to examine the habitats of garden animals. Using the provided graphic organizer, kids locate and sketch a critter and its habitat before returning it to its home.
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Comparing Farms and Your World Venn Diagram
In this farm animals worksheet, students compare and contrast farm animals and home pets on a Venn diagram. Students write notes about the way they are the same and different.
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Animals and Environments
Students listen to stories and identify animals and their young. In this animals instructional activity, students view videos about farm animals and create illustrations to show how animal babies change over time. Students discuss...
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Plants, Animals and Our Environment
Students draw and label the basic needs of animals. They draw and label the basic needs of plants. Students understand the basic needs of plants and animals are not only the same, but are interrelated. They know that the environment...
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Describing Animals
Students investigate different types of pets. For this pets lesson, students discuss a variety of animals and their habitats. Students complete activities such as pet pictionary, pets as fashion accessories, role playing pet ownership,...
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Animals Finding Rice Paddies
Fourth graders examine the animals who live in rice paddies and create a chart. In this rice lesson, 4th graders link the types of animals living in each ecosystem with a bar graph. Students use colored bars to show animals that live in...
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Farm Animal Sound Book
In this farm animal sound book worksheet, students fill in the blanks with the sound that the animal makes. They use words that are provided in word banks, and cut the pictures out to make a book.
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Lesson: Living With the Farm Next Door
Discuss with learners why farms are growing in size and why there is sometimes conflict between farmers and their non-farming neighbors. Read the article, "Living With the Farm Next Door," and then craft letters to the editor from the...
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Farm Animals and Flying Animals
In this animal identification worksheet, students cross out the animals can fly in the first of a set of six pictures. They cross out the animals that live on a farm in the second set of six.
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Animals and the Food Webs that Love Them
Students study the animals that Lewis and Clark would have encountered. In this animals instructional activity students study the food web and how human populations have affected them.
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Harvesting Mosaics
Young scholars use pieces of farm pictures to investigate the elements of art. In this farm art lesson, students use pieces of pictures to create an original artwork. Young scholars use the Internet to find images. Students create a...
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Hatching Chickens
Students understand the process of how an egg hatches. In this hatching eggs lesson, students care for eggs and chickens while the eggs are hatching. Students observe the hatching process and relate to other animals and humans.
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Farm Spiral Puzzle Worksheet
In this farm words learning exercise, students read ten clues about agriculture and farm science. Students use their answers to fill in a spiral word puzzle. There is no word bank.
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Farm Vocabulary Cross Out Worksheet
In this farm vocabulary worksheet, students read ten clues pertaining to the farm. Students analyze the word answer and cross out all the letters that do not belong. Students write the correct word on the line.
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Who Made Breakfast
Students examine animal rights by researching factory farm methods. In this animal abuse lesson, students identify how many ingredients used in their breakfast come from animals. Students research the health hazards caused to humans by...
Agriculture in the Classroom
Roll of the Genes
Animal reproduction in sheep and cattle is explored with the help of Punnet squares. Scholars employ tools using probability to conclude the color of wool a sheep's offspring will have. Acting as animal geneticists, pupils then take...