Students will explore, through hands-on experiments, the concepts of liquid and solid.
Students will learn the differences between living and nonliving things and classify items found on a farm accordingly. They will learn what living things need to survive, and what careers work to provide those things. Students will become familiar with some new terms, as well as gain an understanding of life.
Students will understand that farmers have to complete many different types of tasks for their jobs and why those tasks are important.
Students will observe the power of seeds by germinating soybeans in plaster of Paris.
Students will gain an understanding of the nitrogen cycle and why farmers practice crop rotation or choose to fertilize.
To identify the male and female structures of the flower, recognize their function in reproduction, and differentiate between perfect and imperfect flowers.
Students will show that plants grow more successfully in fertile soil when compared to other materials.
Students will learn plant, seed, and flower parts and their functions.
Students will get a broader understanding about agriculture and the use of pumpkins. Students will learn about the lifecycle of the pumpkin and the pumpkin industry. Students will practice math skills with measurements and make a pumpkin pie in a bag
The objective of this lesson would be to make the students aware of the renewable fuels available for their own homes.
Students will compare tools used in a school garden and those used in modern agriculture.
In this lesson, students will observe corn and soybean seeds as they germinate and compare monocots and dicots.
Students will learn the path that food takes from the plant to the table.
The students will be able to determine similarities and differences between two types of soil and information presented in two nonfiction texts. The students will be able to use the scientific process to observe, question, and form a hypothesis on why the two soil types are different
Soil health is the foundation of productive farming practices. Fertile soil provides essential nutrients to plants. Important physical characteristics of soil-like structures and aggregation allow water and air to infiltrate, roots to explore, and biota to thrive.
Students will compare three types of groundcover to see which provides the best defense against soil erosion.
Students will learn about the growth and development stages of soybeans, look at different ways soybeans are used, and make a picture book demonstrating the life cycle of a soybean.
This lesson is designed to introduce or review the lifecycle of plants. The soybean lifecycle model will help them visualize each stage of the lifecycle. The soybean plant is an excellent plant to use when teaching lifecycles because it has a very typical plant lifecycle and it is grown throughout Iowa.
Students will learn about the growth and development of sunflowers and other plants.
Students will understand the law of supply and demand and how it affects the cost of goods and services. Students will use the law of supply and demand to explain why the market price of crops and livestock fluctuates.