Horse and Rider: The Pony Express (Grades 6-8)
Students investigate the importance of the Pony Express to the settlement and expansion of the American West by mapping Pony Express stations.
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Horse and Rider: The Pony Express (Grades 3-5)
Students investigate the importance of the Pony Express to the settlement and expansion of the American West by mapping Pony Express stations.
A Rafter of Turkeys
Students investigate the domestication and life cycle of the turkey, discover how turkeys are raised on farms, and identify turkey products.
Potatoes: More Than Fries
Students investigate potato varieties, explore potato plants, determine how potatoes grow, and make a potato recipe.
The Carbon Cycle and Climate Smart Agriculture
Students explore the carbon cycle, evaluate natural and human-induced activities that drive the carbon cycle, and discover climate smart agricultural practices that can be used to produce our food.
Do You Know GMO?
Students explore the process of genetic engineering and discover the eleven bioengineered crops and two animals approved in the United States.
Sorghum at School: The Sorghum Story
Students will investigate sorghum, including the stages of plant growth, production in the United States, health benefits, geography, and positive environmental impacts.
Fermentation of Honey
This lesson explains the processes of cellular respiration and fermentation and how it applies to the production and processing of honey.
Water Quality
Students investigate the effects of added soil nutrients on water quality, perform chemical and physical tests on water samples, collect and identify macroinvertebrates from a freshwater system and compare physical, chemical and biological factors of an aquatic ecosystem to determine water health.
Growing America
Students determine corn anatomy and function of plant parts, identify stages of plant development in corn, and research how temperature plays a role in corn growth as they calculate growing degree units (GDUs) for a region.
Soil and Sustainability (Grades 9-12)
Students observe soil ecosystems to investigate how human impact affects the biodiversity of soils using the Simpson's Index of Diversity. Then, students conduct an investigation using field corn to determine how the introduction of nitrogen fertilizers impact soil microorganisms and biodiversity.
The Ultimate Efficient Recycler
Students examine how cows help conserve natural resources by identifying the important role dairy cattle have in reducing, reusing, and recycling food processing by-products. Students identify each stage of the ecological cycle and the important role of decomposers.