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A Different Breed

For Teachers 4th - 8th
In this yaks worksheet, students watch the video A Different Breed about yaks by America's Heartland and answer short answer questions about it. Students answer 6 questions.
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Musk Oxen Farm

For Teachers 4th - 8th
In this Musk Oxen Farm worksheet, students watch the video Musk Oxen Farm by America's Heartland and answer short answer questions about it. Students answer 5 questions.
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Southern Strawberries

For Teachers 4th - 8th
In this Southern Strawberries worksheet, pupils watch the America's Heartland video Southern Strawberries and fill in the blanks to sentences about it. Students complete 7 sentences.
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Kiwifruit

For Teachers 4th - 8th
In this Kiwi worksheet, learners watch the America's Heartland video Kiwifruit and fill in the blanks to sentences about it. Students complete 7 sentences.
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Mandarin Oranges

For Teachers 4th - 8th
In this Mandarin Oranges worksheet, students watch the America's Heartland video Mandarin Oranges and answer short answer questions and fill in the blanks to sentences about it. Students complete 9 sentences.
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From Tree To Table

For Teachers 4th - 8th
In this From Tree To Table worksheet, students watch the video From Tree To Table by America's Heartland and answer short answer questions about it. Students answer 7 questions.
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Food Project

Trace The French Fry

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
How does locally grown produce sold at a farmer's market compare to a more complex industrial system in the way they each affect the environment, people, and the economy? Pupils explore the different types of food systems and how they...
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A Cow's Life

For Students 1st - 2nd
Moo! An engaging two-part worksheet focuses on the role of cows in our agriculture system. The second part of the worksheet has ten discussion questions, which should lead to some interesting points about cows. Young farmers can learn...
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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

What Was Everyday Life like in Colonial Virginia?

For Teachers 5th - 12th Standards
After reflecting on jobs people perform in the present day, scholars discuss what they believe jobs would have been like in Colonial Virginia during the American Revolution. Small groups then perform a jigsaw using informational packets....
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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

What Was Everyday Life like in Colonial Virginia?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
What was everyday life like in Colonial Virginia? To find the answer cooperative groups work collaboratively to read an informational handout and complete a graphic organizer. The speaker of the group then shares their new-found...
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Mucket Mania: The Mussel Industry in Arkansas

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Middle and high schoolers read and discuss articles about the mussel industry in Arkansas. They pay close attention to the history of pearling and button making industries on the Black and White Rivers of Arkansas. This impressive,...
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The Impact of Fishing

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners explore the concept of fishing as it relates to oceans and how some fishing practices can damage the health of the marine ecosystems. In this lesson on the impact of fishing, students research the many places in the world where...
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Sea Water and Agriculture

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scientists examine how even a small rise in sea level can lead to salinisation of valuable agricultural land. First, everyone takes part in a simple demonstration which shows the negative effects salt water has on plants. Peer...
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Moo Masks

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners investigate the use of a creative project for personal expression. They create a mask that resembles a cow. The students decorate each mask to personalize them. They wear the mask while reading literature about dairy farms and...
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Earth Day Network

Staying Green While Being Clean

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Clean up the environment with a lesson that focuses on replacing hazardous cleaning supplies with green, environmentally-friendly products. Using a dirty patch of surface as a control area, kids clean other parts of various surfaces...
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K20 LEARN

How Does Your Garden Grow?

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Seventy thousand different types of soil exist in the United States alone. Young scientists learn about the importance of soil to the food supply. They test soil for a variety of factors and determine the best place to set up a community...
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Radio Program #11-The Family Farm

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students interpret the lives of persons who grew up on family farms. They compare the changes in farming technology from early days to present time. Students project what the future holds for family farms.
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Mystery Photo!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine an original engraving of a piece of equipment called, The Grasshopper Catcher. They describe how technologies developed in Iowa during the Industrial Revolution influenced farming practices, and develop hypotheses about...
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About Sheep

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students study sheep ranching practices and wool gathering. In this agriculture lesson, students discuss sheep ranching and construct a sheep book of information and pictures. Students color diagrams and fill in 3 blanks.
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On The Farm

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students study a dairy farm and also the crops that grow on farms. They research how we depend on farms to get the food we eat. They transform their findings and describe one the farms or make up their own. They turn the information...
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Aquaculture: Down on the Salmon Farm

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine the changing practices of aquaculture. They discuss the short term and long term consequences stemming from fish farming.
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The Formation and Value of Temperate Grasslands

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study the Temperate Grasslands biome of North America. They explain that it is an endangered ecosystem because the rich soils have been converted to farming in most areas. They view videos imbedded in this plan, then complete...
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Drought

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars gain knowledge about the impact of drought in agriculture. They investigate soil types, water flow, and various erosion conditions which occur during a drought and see how farming practices changed after the 1930's.
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The Pickle "Dill"emma

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study a problem in their local farming community regarding a pickle factory, and the class is asked to help determine if the pickle factory is the source of a seed germination problem.

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