Students gain familiarity with the processes of raising and creating alternative renewable materials for fuel, specifically ethanol.
Students will learn about simple machines and will be able to recognize them through examples of farm machinery.
Students will observe how plants respond to gravity by germinating soybeans in a CD case and rotating the case as they grow.
For students to gain a better understanding of a turkey, the turkey farmer, and the life cycle of a turkey, while strengthening language arts and sequencing skills.
Students will have a greater understanding of how turkeys are raised and how this important part of Thanksgiving dinner gets from the farm to your dinner table.
Students will learn about the ways in which water can become polluted, ways to conserve it, and why it is important to conserve water.
Students will explore humans’ demands on the world’s water supply and discuss ways to conserve it.
We all live in a watershed – the area that drains to a common waterway, such as a stream, lake, estuary, wetland, aquifer, or even the ocean – and our individual actions can directly affect it. Working together using a watershed approach will help protect our nation’s water resources.
Students will show understanding that humans are dependent on plants and animals for many purposes and that many of these resources come from agriculture.
Students will observe and record weather conditions for one week.
Students will strengthen their sorting skills by learning about which part of food crops they eat.
Students will consider the nutritional value of various processed foods.
Students will observe how plants increase in mass due to photosynthesis and apply ideas of the conservation of mass.
This lesson encourages students to think through and engineer a solution to an issue for smaller-scale cheese producers.
Students will learn and review common facts about Iowa agriculture, including historical figures, scientific facts, and agriculture related careers.