12/6/2019
To help students understand some key differences and similarities between large-scale (farmer) and small-scale (gardeners) food production, while helping students learn to make connections, communicate, and use visual aids to portray concepts.
1/30/2017
Students will be familiarized with the importance of agriculture and how it touches their everyday lives.
1/29/2017
Students will explore the uses of common Iowa products by playing the agriculture version of the popular game, Pictionary.
1/28/2017
The students will learn about livestock raised in Iowa while strengthening their language arts and 21st century skills through basic internet research.
1/27/2017
Students will learn and identify factors that go into producing an apple. They will learn how an apple grows throughout each season and how each season is important for apple production.
1/26/2017
Students will gain an understanding of supply and demand, making predictions for the price of future egg prices.
1/25/2017
To help students understand how beef cattle are raised and the role that plays in their lives and in Iowa, while practicing math topics outlined by Iowa Core standards.
1/25/2017
To help students understand how beef cattle are raised and the role that plays in their lives and in Iowa.
1/25/2017
Students will compare packing peanuts made from Styrofoam with ones made from biodegradable materials (like corn), identify which are made from renewable and nonrenewable resources, and evaluate the impact of each on environment.
1/24/2017
Students will learn and exercise knowledge of the uses of by-products of common Midwestern crops.
1/24/2017
Students will be able to explain what chickens need to live (shelter, food, water, health) and how farmers care for them.
1/23/2017
Students will learn about issues concerning soil and water and how farmers use science to help conserve these resources.
1/22/2017
Students will learn more about corn while honing language arts skills like determining main idea and vocabulary comprehension.
1/22/2017
To teach students about the life cycle of corn and explain the steps a farmer takes to grow and harvest a product.
1/22/2017
Students will sequence photographs to tell the story of Seed to Cereal, while learning about corn production, beef production, ethanol production, and food production in general.
1/21/2017
Students will compare and contrast corn and soybean plants, the growth and development, and how each are used for different purposes and make different products that all of us use daily. Students will also learn and identify the parts of a monocot and dicot and measure growth.
1/20/2017
Students will work to solve math problems relating to volume, while learning about corn production in Iowa.
1/19/2017
Students will learn about the sources and healthfulness of several common foods.