Sustainable Agriculture: What is Sustainable Agriculture? Lesson 1

Sustainable Agriculture lesson to be used with the Sustainable Agriculture powerpoint and other lessons. 

Lean Beef – An Important Part of Adolescent Growth Example Illustrations

Example illustrations from students who completed the Lean Beef – An Important Part of Adolescent Growth Lesson

Lean Beef – An Important Part of Adolescent Growth Myth vs Fact Handout

Beef facts vs. fiction guide. 

Lean Beef – An Important Part of Adolescent Growth Decoding the Label Handout

A guide to understand different consumer beef labeling. 

Lean Beef – An Important Part of Adolescent Growth Beef Handout

Beef nutrition handout as a supplement to the Lean Beef – An Important Part of Adolescent Growth Lesson.

Syngenta Summer Fellowship Educator’s Guide

This series of lesson plans was authored by North Carolina teachers after their experience in the Syngenta Summer Fellowship program. The Fellowship is a 10-day experience that immerses STEM teachers into the world of agricultural biotechnology. The program is an interactive experience that explores the process of developing a biotech product from discovery to commercialization, including tours of labs, field visits and meeting with lobbyists to understand agriculture policy.

Dive Into Water Careers!

This is a relevant, purposeful tool that will engage students in the science of water and food production. It is aligned to national learning standards for 6th-8th grade, but the interest level may be much broader.

Peanut Activity Cards

A collection of 12, easy to implement 3rd-5th grade activities that explore peanuts and peanut production.

When I Grow Up: Discover Ag Careers Curriculum

This kit has been designed so you can easily incorporate this information into your curriculum in an interdisciplinary manner. The lessons and activities included in this kit have been crafted with your middle school students in mind. We hope they find these experiential lessons to be both engaging and meaningful!

Lean Beef – An Important Part of Adolescent Growth Lesson

Within the 8th grade study of nutrition, these lessons will focus on how the consumption of lean beef can contribute to an adolescent’s health and wellness.

Forage Quality Booklet

Forage quality is defined in various ways but is often poorly understood. The purpose of this publication is to provide information about forage quality, factors affecting forage quality, forage testing, analysis and reporting, and other related information that can be used to increase animal performance and producer profit.

Start The Conversation: Let’s Talk About Animal Agriculture

This two-page handout was created to help connect consumers with the men and women who produce their food, fiber, and fuel.
Full of questions, answers, and suggested strategies for having meaningful discussions about the agriculture. This resource can be used in middle and high school classrooms, fairs and festivals, and on the farm to facilitate discussion about fact, fiction, and the science of agriculture.

Purple Plow | Go With the Flow Challenge

When rain falls or snow melts, it does not simply stay in one place or seep into the ground to replenish groundwater; most of it begins to move. When water flows over land, it is called surface runoff, and it is an important part of the water cycle, but have you ever wondered where your runoff is running off to? What’s in your runoff? What is the runoff doing to the environment once it has settled? Around the world, there are more than 400 dead zones in oceans and lakes, where the water contains so little oxygen that aquatic life can no longer survive. In large part, this is due to excess nutrient pollution found in our runoff as a result of home, agricultural, and industrial practices as well as population growth. In this challenge, students will learn about the impact of runoff in rural and urban areas and its effects on the environment as well as plan for solutions to this growing issue of dead zones, hypoxia, and overall water quality.

Bringing Biotechnology to Life

“Bringing Biotechnology to Life” is a resource for science educators and others interested in learning more about biotechnology and its role in food production

Purple Plow | Protect the Pollinators Challenge

Through this challenge, students will become more aware of the important role pollinators play in our daily lives and how to help protect the various populations

Purple Plow | Save the Soil Challenge

With the challenge of losing over 3 billion tons of fertile topsoil each year, design a prototype and construct a system that will reduce topsoil erosion

Purple Plow | Growing Green Challenge

In this challenge, students will learn about energy and they will design, build and share a solution that diversifies energy consumption

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Window Wheatgrass | Lesson

Identify plant growth needs (water, nutrients, sun)

Who Knew! Careers in Agriculture | PowerPoint

Use this PowerPoint with the Who Knew! Careers in Agriculture Lesson 

Who Knew! Careers in Agriculture | Lesson

Explain different kinds of careers related to agriculture