Students will graph Oklahoma dairy statistics

Students use research skills to find information about agriculture research projects and use gathered information in a variety of presentations.

• Grades PreK-2 (English Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, Science, Visual Art)
• Grades 3-5 (English Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, Science, Visual Art)
• Grades 6-8 (English Language Arts, Visual Art)

Students will read and discuss a variety of poems with agricultural themes and write their own poems based on food and agriculture.

Various activities for helping students visualize the effects of pollution on drinking water.

• Beef Lessons and Resources

On a world map, students will locate countries from which we import foods that climatic conditions prevent us from growing locally.

• Beef Lessons and Resources

Students will use research skills to gather information on renewable fuels. Students will compile information on a graph and compare and contrast the pros and cons for developing the fuels for use.

• Oklahoma Studies Lessons and Resources

• Grady the Cow Lessons

Students will conduct experiments with cabbage juice as an indicator to identify carbon in a variety of substances.

• What is Groundwater? (Excellent video from Quest Science)
• Summary of the Water Cycle (Great charts from USGS Water Science School)
• Oklahoma Studies Lessons and Resources

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• Pumpkin Lessons and Resources

Students will read about butter and conduct experiments to observe chemical reactions and changes in properties in milk.

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• Colorful Cattle
• Beef Lessons and Resources

Students will learn about corn's place in the history of the Americas. Students will solve real life math problems using corn production. Students will classify Newtonian and Non Newtonian substances and create polymers using cornstarch and corn syrup.

Students will read about the importance of corn in our lives and in the lives of ancient people. Students will research to learn about corn traditions and growing practices, then and now. Students will research some corn myths and legends and act them out.

• Cotton Lessons and Resources

Students design and conduct investigations with crickets.

Students will translate excerpts from letters by George Washington into modern English; Read excerpts from letters by George Washington about the United States in its infancy and compare conditions Washington describes with recent conditions, based on current census data (provided); Compose a modern-day reply to one of Washington's letters, based on current census data (provided). Design brochures to promote selected agriculture commodities. Design surveys and use US Postal Service, email and social media to correspond with students in other parts of the country and compare modes of modern communication; Graph census data and find measures of central tendency.

• PowerPoint (DNA Extraction from Strawberries)
• Extract Your DNA (simple NOVA experiment)

Students read three articles about Oklahoma's eastern redcedar and find the central idea and supporting facts and author's point of view. Students conduct scientific investigations with eastern redcedar samples. Students identify the range of the eastern redcedar.

Students grow flowers in different soil types to determine the effect on flavor.

• Bees and Honey Lessons and Resources

Students will read and discuss background and vocabulary, then will use cereal boxes to graph and calculate the mean, median and mode for data collection. Graphs will be utilized to plot data. Students will analyze cereal box labels to determine the nutrient content, they then will list each ingredient and cereal in a health category based on the profile of the cereal. Students will use recommendations from My Plate to demonstrate an understanding of the functions of fiber in the body and make suggestions for increasing fiber in the diet.

Student explore food preservation methods from early American history through today. Includes beef jerky recipe.

Students explore the difference between fruits and vegetables from different perspectives and develop their own definitions. Students discuss and research the role of government in assignment of food categories and import/export of produce.

• Wheat Lessons and Resources

• Textile Lessons and Resources

Students will read about various ways to grow plants without soil, design and conduct experiments and explore root words and affixes related to the different growing methods.

The student will research and grow a plant and present findings orally.  They will determine space and resources needed for the plant to survive, as well as how the plant will pollinate.

Students will explore the production of biofuels from the 1850s to the present.

• Oklahoma Studies Lessons and Resources
• Wheat Lessons and Resources

Students measure temperatures of hamburger patties both before and after cooking.

Students compare the distances food travels from farm to table.

Students will identify behaviors that avoid or reduce health risks to self and others. Students will conduct scientific experiments to learn how germs are spread. Students will research diseases and identify the classification, transmission, symptoms and prevention or control and write a research paper. Students will collect and analyze data and make statistical calculations.

• Bees and Honey Lessons and Resources

Students learn about strawberry production and compute wages of strawberry workers.

Students will learn a song about the boll weevil and use it to understand the impact agriculture has on a community and its economy.

Students trace the migration of peaches from China to Oklahoma and learn about the history of peach production in Oklahoma.

Students will read a story about Adam and how he earned money to buy a skateboard by selling vegetables he sold at the farmer's market. Students will learn how farmers finance their operations through the farm credit system.

Students will read about the practice of grafting trees and plants and learn how it benefits production. Students will conduct a grafting experiment with tomato plants.

Students read about the agricultural aviation industry and its history and answer comprehension questions. Students read about the division of land by townships and sections and use legal land descriptions to identify parcels of land in a map of a land section. Students answer math word problems related to agricultural aviation. Students conduct experiments with paper airplanes and O-Wings.

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• Poultry Lessons and Resources

Students will learn what causes lactose intolerance and carry out a laboratory activity to test a treatment for lactose intolerance.

Students make paper from recycled paper.

Students will read about technology in agriculture and focus on recent technology based on sensors. Students will conduct an experiment with infrared light to see how thermal imaging helps farmers determine the fertilizer needs of plants.

Students use the scientific method to test for the presence of nutrients in garden soil, manure and a mixture of the two. Students will use a table to determine which of three farm animals produces the greatest amount of manure.

Students will read about goat production in Oklahoma and learn about the market for goats among various ethnic groups. Students will research ethnic groups and holidays in which goat meat plays an important part. Students will look at several works of art related to goats and make a timeline of the paintings to show the role of goats in history. Students will research to find the origins of the paintings and locate the countries on a map of the world.

Students reinforce math skills while learning about best practices for protection of water quality in the management of animal feeding operations.

• Melon Lessons and Resources

• Melon Lessons and Resources

The student will build a soil erosion model and learn the importance of soil conservation.

• Wheat Lessons and Resources

• Wheat Lessons and Resources

• Soil Lessons and Resources

• Energy Lessons and Resources

Students learn about oilseed crops - canola, soybeans, cottonseeds and sunflower seeds - and how oil is extracted from them.

Students will break into groups to read information about organic and conventional agriculture and each group will teach its section to the other. Students will distinguish between fact and opinion. Students will identify different kinds of propaganda in reading material. Students will write research papers related to organic and conventional agriculture.

Students discuss, develop, invent and implement a plan for making informed personal economic decisions about renewable resources.

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• Soil Lessons and Resources

Students research, interview experts and design pollinator habitats.

Students will explore the effects of drought in a variety of global contexts.

Students will read a dramatic story about the Russian plant breeder, Nikolai I. Vavilov, who faced starvation during World War II to protect a valuable collection of seed potatoes and other seed crops. Students will learn about present-day seed banks and their importance in maintaining and improving crops. Students will experiment with seed germination and record their observations.

• Environment and Conservation Lessons and Resources

Students will read about crop rotation methods used on commercial farms in the US. Students will play a game to demonstrate crop rotation. Students will plant a wheat field.

• Apple as Earth animation (from American Farmland Trust)

• Poultry Lessons and Resources

Students experience the concepts of ratio and probability, using agricultural products that can be considered snack foods. Students analyze and record information from the class experience.

Students read and answer questions about sorghum as a feed crop and as a grain crop in other parts of othe world. Students conduct taste tests and follow directions to make sorghum molasses gingerbread.

• Energy Lessons and Resources

Students use geometric skills to practice the art of surveying.

Students compare insect relationships according to their symbiosis class—parasitism, commensalism, mutualism.

• Beef Lessons and Resources

• Beef Lessons and Resources

Students will "think in pictures" and become agricultural engineers by designing a corral system that uses the research of Dr. Temple Grandin to move cattle. Students will be challenged to think in pictures as they illustrate agriculture words.

Students will play a game to determine how much wheat a section of land will yield based upon a series of setbacks caused by weather, insects, etc. Students will read about the impacts of weather on wheat production. Students will use online resources to find statistics about wheat production and annual precipitation in Oklahoma. Students will graph the information.

Students follow instructions to make tortillas in a bag and learn about breads around the world.

Students evaluate the quality of pecans based on a set of criteria.

Students interpret agricultural import and export data in tabular form, determine percentages, convert values between measurement systems and graph information from tables.

An examination of the need for pesticides. Students compare the results when they grow plants in two kinds of garden soil, one of which has been treated (by boiling water) to kill weed seeds and one which has not.

Students conduct an experiment to explore the effects of drought.

• Wheat Lessons and Resources

Students identify procedures used to ear notch pigs and then read the ear notches to determine the pigs litter number and individual number.

Students conduct experiments with yeast to determine what substances promote fermentation.

Students will learn about the western art on display at Woolaroc museum near Bartlesville, research and write reports on some of the art and artists, and examine the elements of select works of art. Students will study the process for selecting the Pioneer Woman statue.

Students use research skills to learn about world trade and the organizations which govern trade.

Students will explore and research a variety of careers in agriculture. Students will read about rapid advances in agriculture now and in American history.