Students will use knowledge of climate and landforms to study food production regions throughout the United States.
Students will be familiarized with the importance of agriculture and how it touches their everyday lives.
Students will explore the many careers in agriculture by playing the agriculture version of the popular game, Pictionary.
Students will explore the uses of common Iowa products by playing the agriculture version of the popular game, Pictionary.
Your local grocery store conducted a survey of their customers and found that customers want to know where their food comes from. The store has hired your team to create an augmented reality video that will be triggered by an image at the grocery store and tell the story of where that food product came from.
Students will explore the variety of milks available and the source of those milks.
Students will be introduced to dairy cows and will understand that dairy products, like milk, come from these animals.
Students will learn about the sources of different foods by differentiating between foods originating from plants and foods originating from animals.
Students will explore the lifecycles and traits of apples and pumpkins.
Students will use livestock weight gain data to construct and interpret line graphs.
Students will learn the life cycle of a honey bee and their importance to agriculture through pollination.
Students will understand the importance of bees and the basics of pollination.
Students will compare and contrast hunting and gathering to farming, and will be able to explain this revolution.
Description: Students will explore genes and heredity in the context of beef cattle. They will discover probability and be introduced to beef breeds.
Students will learn about the source of dairy products and how butter is made. This fun activity will have them curious about dairy cows and start the scientific inquiry process.
Description: Students will learn and exercise knowledge of the uses of by-products of common Midwestern crops.
Students will explore the process of biofuel production and how it relates to food chains.
Students will explore the parts of a corn plant and their uses.
Students will be introduced to composting and vermicomposting and how it impacts the health of our soil.
Students will learn about issues concerning soil and water and how farmers use science to help conserve these resources.