Young students become soil surgeons, dissecting soil and sorting its components and begin to discover its unique properties.

Learn the process of making orange juice and enjoy a cup of freshly squeezed O.J.

Learn about the nutritional value of honey and its role in the sports industry while making an energy filled snack.

Through a fun Bee Bingo game, students will learn some of the important vocabulary that is included in many pollinator lessons while sharpening their listening skills and their ability to follow instructions.

Beefo Bingo involves students in a fun and exciting game while learning about by-products of the beef industry.

Students plan and map garden beds, using information about growth requirements for each plant.

The agriculture industry is responsible for producing a variety of products. By-products are a secondary product created when an initial product is produced. Virtually every part of an animal or plant is put to good use. This lesson discovers the differences between products and by-products and showcases how relevant agriculture is in daily life.

Students will sort fruits and vegetables by examining plants – grown in the school garden, purchased in the market, or featured in models or pictures – into the parts of the plant eaten as food, identify a serving size, and locate where on MyPlate the food belongs.

Students will become familiar with the foods they eat and healthy eating habits while learning about the MyPlate food categories.

Students create a rap song/chant and dance promoting the components of their favorite salad, and use chant as a device to remember that plants do not eat and only plants produce food.