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Farm to Food Truck Challenge - Student Guide
Use this resource with your students as they participate in the Farm to Food Truck Purple Plow Challenge!
Cattle Ranch Riddle Challenge - Lesson Packet
Use this lesson guide as you begin implementing the Cattle Ranch Riddle Challenge!
Cattle Ranch Riddle Challenge - Facilitator Guide
There are multiple factors at play and many cattle ranchers must consider many things when running their operation. Today’s beef is produced using fewer resources than ever before, but there is still more to be done. Through this challenge, students will become more aware of the intricacies of beef production. After thoughtful research to evaluate how these challenges exist globally, nationally, and locally, students will design, test, and demonstrate a solution that optimizes production as well as economic, environmental, and social needs.
MAF Activity Booklets
Create and play with the interactive 15 page My American Farm Activity Book! Learning about food has never been so fun, discover facts and 11 activities to complete. Includes Ag Across America Origami, Harvest This Pictogram Puzzlers, Farmer’s Market Challenge Riddles and many more!
Farm A Month: Where Does Our Food Come From? Educator’s Guide
This Pre K – Elementary resource includes 12 activities that each feature a different commodity (one per month for a year) and 12 letters from farmers who own that type of operation. Commodities featured: maple syrup, popcorn, peaches, pears, apples, pumpkins, turkeys, cranberries, cheese, lettuce, oranges and grapes. The resource also has suggested snacks and books for each activity. Great for teachers to incorporate agriculture every month into their classrooms!
Livestock Barn Banners
Choose from table top, retractable, and vinyl banners of various livestock commodities!
Specialty Commodities Barn Banners
Transform your livestock area at your fair or farm to a learning area for all guests with these easy-to-use roll up banners. Download your logo during Check Out to complete this Custom Banner!
Major Commodities Barn Banners
Transform your fair or farm to a learning area for all guests with these easy-to-use roll up banners!
Protect the Pollinators Challenge - Purple Plow Guide
Use this guide to learn about the Purple Plow Challenge!
Protect the Pollinators Student Guide
What can we do to sustain or improve pollinator well-being? Use this student guide to learn about the Purple Plow Protect the Pollinators challenge!
Student Reflection Sheet: Purple Plow
Allow your students to reflection and react to their Purple Plow experience using this guide!
Purple Plow Challenge Judging Rubic
Use this rubric to judge the Growing Green Purple Plow challenge.
Download and Print Pick-Up Cards
Printable cards to learn about corn field, dairy parlor, machine shed or Farmer’s Market.
Lean Beef – An Important Part of Adolescent Growth Beef Handout
Beef nutrition handout as a supplement to the Lean Beef – An Important Part of Adolescent Growth Lesson.
Syngenta Summer Fellowship Educator’s Guide
This series of lesson plans was authored by North Carolina teachers after their experience in the Syngenta Summer Fellowship program. The Fellowship is a 10-day experience that immerses STEM teachers into the world of agricultural biotechnology. The program is an interactive experience that explores the process of developing a biotech product from discovery to commercialization, including tours of labs, field visits and meeting with lobbyists to understand agriculture policy.
Farm to Cart Game
Follow your food from farm to cart.
Dive Into Water Careers!
This is a relevant, purposeful tool that will engage students in the science of water and food production. It is aligned to national learning standards for 6th-8th grade, but the interest level may be much broader.
Peanut Activity Cards
A collection of 12, easy to implement 3rd-5th grade activities that explore peanuts and peanut production.
Farm Equipment Finger Puppets Activity
Goodnight tractor themed finger puppet activity.
