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Oklahoma Agriculture in the Classroom

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World History

World History
Bones and Stones
Students will read about ancient farming cultures in Oklahoma and the early development of farming tools. Students will design and construct simple farming tools.
Breads Around the World
Students learn about breads from different cultures.
Chewed Paper and Sticky Stuff
Students make adhesives from some common food substances and use flour paste to make pinatas and other crafts from papier mache.
Corn Field Math
Students use number sense, measurement and data analysis to construct drawings and compute multi-step problems with whole numbers, fractions and percentages.
Corn: Then and Now
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.
Counting Sheep or People? Census 2020
Students will use one-to-one correspondence and count popcorn to represent sheep by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s. Students will use tally marks to record the number of "sheep" they have. Students will use counting words from other languages to count popcorn, which represents sheep. Students learn about the Census of 2020 by taking a census of their class and creating a class graph.
Garden Guard
Students will work in small groups or individually to create scarecrows, write brief descriptions about them and display them in a class scarecrow show.
The History of Irrigation on the Great Plains
Students examine the history of irrigation on the Great Plains, create a timeline to organize the information and research to learn about irrigation around the world.
A Lucky Break
Students will read about the ancient Etruscans and the origins of pulling the wishbone of a chicken a part for good luck, identify the main idea and supporting details of the passage, research to learn more about the ancient Etruscans, identify and decipher some common phrases in the English language related to poultry, learn the origins of some other poultry-related idioms, and use the idioms to write stories.
Oklahoma Stone Soup
Students learn about soups around the world and make Oklahoma Stone Soup while acting out an Oklahoma version of the story.
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Pancakes, Please
Students will read about Pancake Tuesday, summarize the reading page, research pancakes from other countries and cultures and participate in a pancake race. Students conduct experiments, solve math problems and conduct research related to pancakes. Students will perform hands-on activities to understand how leavening agents work in a chemical reaction to make pancakes.
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Pancakes, Please
Students will read about Pancake Tuesday, conduct further research and write a short play about the event for Pre-K - 2nd grade students and organize a pancake race for those students. Students will learn about pancakes in other cultures and choose one pancake and culture for in-depth research. Students will perform hands-on activities to understand chemical reactions with leavening agents which produce carbon dioxide in baked foods. Students will extract yeast from common foods. Students will apply mathematical principles to increase and decrease a recipe to produce the number of servings needed.
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Save Our Soil: Exploring Agricultural Land Use
Students will learn about the distribution of agricultural land through a demonstration with an apple representing the earth. Students will discuss the impacts of land development. Students will make land use decisions for a variety of situations and justify their decisions. Students will answer questions from a chart showing land use and ecosystem types in select countries from different regions.
Taming the Wild Aurochs
Students read about the development of animal husbandry, outline the information and arrange steps in sequence.
Tortillas in a Bag
Students follow instructions to make tortillas in a bag.