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

This lesson is intended for upper elementary, and middle school students. There is an additional lesson for younger students titled Soil Sort. Students examine soil to identify its components and ways that its structure affects plant growth.

Students explore pH with an emphasis on soil pH. This activity uses soils and vinegar solutions.

Using the information provided, students work with their teacher and resources available to plan their garden and employ math skills to do so.

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.

Connecting annuals, biennials, and perennials to the foods we eat helps students understand the nutrients those foods provide us and why the plants contain those nutrients. The focus will be on how plants store food and why.

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

The water on the earth continuously cycles and recycles.  It may take thousands of years to do so but, nevertheless, it is the same water recycling over and over. This lesson teaches students that fact and the details of the water cycle.

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.