Lessons & Resources for Educators
Download The Lesson: Soil Is Not Trivial
Brief Description: Using facts about the Dust Bowl, students write questions and playa trivia activity focused around the establishment of a national soil conservation program and the importance of soil. Students then explore and/or develop a plan to address a local soil conservation issue.
Download This Lesson: Let’s Celebrate!
Brief Description: Students explore in their own lives and in the lives of others the role of celebrations and important foods involved, with a focus on corn.
Download This Lesson: It All Starts With A
Brief Description: Students conduct surveys to learn what agriculture provides to people. They organize, simplify, and communicate their findings using tallies, frequency tables, and histograms.