Farmers Market Math Quest | Problem Set B

Welcome to the Farmers Market! The wonderful items you see are advertised as “locally grown.” While there is no clear definition for “locally grown”, the term usually refers to food grown within your state, or within 400 miles of your location. The term “locally grown” is mostly a way to market food from a farmer directly to a consumer. This type of marketing helps put a face to our farmers. Look at the items for sale at the Farmers Market. Use this information to solve the following problems. Don’t forget to show your work!

Farmers Market Math Quest | Problem Set A

Welcome to the Farmers Market! The wonderful items you see are advertised as “locally grown.”While there is no clear definition for “locally grown”, the term usually refers to food grown within your state, or within 400 miles of your location. The term “locally grown” is mostly a way to market food from a farmer directly to a consumer. This type of marketing helps put a face to our farmers. Look at the items for sale at the Farmers Market. Use this information to solve the following problems. Don’t forget to show your work!

Distribution Relay | Lesson

By the end of this activity, the students will be able to recall the distribution process for general agricultural commodities

Conservation Word Scramble | Learning Activity

Farmers care for the land. Use the clues to help unscramble each word!

Beef up Your Nutrition | Lesson

Explore the nutritious benefits of lean beef cuts within a daily diet through transforming a Beef Bingo card into a nutritious meal!

The Stage is Set for Beef | Lesson

Use this handout in conjunction the "The Steaks are High" game on My American Farm

Beef Education | After School Resource Kit

My American Farm is a great tool for after school programs. Here are some fun activities for schools, teachers and families in your community to start the conversation about beef. Support these acivitivities with relevant information found in the My American Farm beef games, or online at FactsAboutBeef.com.

My American Farm | Display Kit Handouts

Take students into the corn field, dairy parlor, machine shed or Farmer’s Market with supporting resources in our My American Farm Display Kit!

My Little Ag Me | Augmented Reality Experience Blippar App

Directions for experiencing the MLAM Augmented Reality Experience via the Blippar app.

Auction Adventures | Activity Sheet

Build your own fortune teller

My American Farm | Activity Book

Download all of the My American Farm activites in one package. 

Word Sleuth | Learning Activity

In this activity you're an artist and a word sleuth!

Sweet Pollination | Learning Activity

Farmers and ranchers depend on bees to pollinate crops, just as you and I depend on bees to pollinate our plants and flowers. Look at the image below of a pumpkin flower. Pumpkin flowers are important for pollination and for the production of the pumpkin. Label each step in the pollination process using the answer bank below. Color in the pumpkin flowers when you are done!

Shapes on the Farm | Learning Activity

In this activity your young learner will identify hidden shapes

Production Fill In | Learning Activity

Below are several statements which share important facts about American agriculture. Use the word bank to fill in the missing words in each sentence. You’ll notice that each blank has the correct amount of spaces, indicating the number of letters for the missing word. One letter is highlighted. When you are done, unscramble these letters to solve a riddle!

Plugged In | Learning Activity

Check out these careers in the field of energy. Put a star by one that looks interesting, and then finish the sentences below.

Agricultural Mechanics Master | Learning Activity

Welcome to the wonderful world of machines and mechanics! Chances are you’ve been in a car at some point this week. You’ve probably seen a grown-up using a kitchen gadget, such as an electric mixer or a toaster. We see machines every day! They make many of the tasks we do easier. But did you know that farmers and ranchers rely on machines every day to get their job done? Machines help farmers and ranchers care for animals and work the land while conserving our resources. Many of the complex machines we know today have evolved because of the understanding of six simple machines: a pulley, a lever, a wedge, a wheel and axle, an inclined plane and a screw.

Be The Farmer! Math in Action | Learning Activity

Welcome to your farm! You are now the head farmer and you have to make important decisions. Carefully complete each word problem below. Your farm depends on your leadership!

Job Match and Evaluation | Learning Activity

Carefully cut out each of the following agriculture job titles and the descriptions. Lay them out on a flat surface, and match each job with the correct definition. Then put them in order, from which job you would like the most, to the job you would like the least. When you are done, write a 1-paragraph summary explaining how you selected the jobs you liked the most, and those you liked the least!

International Line Up | Learning Activity

Did you know? There are farmers and ranchers all around the world!

Directions: Draw a line to connect each capital with the correct country and continent. Check out this example.