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

The student will become familiar with several agricultural careers while practicing the use of suffixes.

Students count insects or specified weeds in a given area to experience how farmers decide whether or not to use pesticides.

• Beef Lessons and Resources

Students will read about farming among the Choctaw. Students will examine contributions of different cultures to Choctaw agriculture. Students will work together to develop imaginary bean hybrids.

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• Colorful Cattle
• Beef Lessons and Resources

• Grades 7-8
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• PowerPoint
• Extract Your DNA (simple NOVA experiment)

• Red Dirt Groundbreakers

• Beef Lessons and Resources

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 will learn how seedless watermelon were developed and model the process of mitosis and meiosis in watermelons, using jelly beans.

Students will learn how plows have been modified through the years to improve their use and impact on farming. Students will read about the Dust Bowl and discover how Oklahoman Fred Hoeme's modification of the plow helped reduce wind erosion. Students will design a plow replica using a variety of supplies and then test the effect the plow has on a tray of soil. Students will use the elements and principles of design to analyze artwork that portrays plowing fields. Students will discuss the artists portrayal of plowing a field.

• Wheat Lessons and Resources

• Wheat Lessons and Resources

• Wheat Lessons and Resources

• Wheat Lessons and Resources

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.

• Red Dirt Groundbreakers

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. They will design a special shirt and scarf and write facts about Dr. Grandin. They will compare inventors and their inventions, creating a timeline with important dates for their lives.

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 construct time lines, using historical facts about the development of agriculture.

Students will read about the effects of weather on agricultural production and explore the Oklahoma Mesonet site to find and graph local rainfall data. Students will examine weather-related works of art.

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.

• How to Make Pop Bottle Biodiesel (from cooking oil)