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Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

The production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing, and development of agricultural commodities and resources including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources, horticulture, and other plant and animal products/resources. 

 


 

 

 


HOT SITES    GENERAL DOCUMENTS AND LINKS    COURSE DESCRIPTIONS AND FRAMEWORKS    LESSONS AND CURRICULUM EXAMPLES

HOT SITES
Red hot site!Georgia Agricultural Education  Curriculum with complete lessons for very detailed subjects such as Equine Science, Floral Design. Source: Georgia Agricultural Education

THINKING ABOUT THE NEWS

World Fish Supplies  Read carefully and then ask yourself: What is happening to wild fish supplies versus farmed fish supplies?  Is the article clear about which it is talking about? What are the environmental impacts from farming fish compared to those of over-fishing natural stocks?

GENERAL DOCUMENTS AND LINKS
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources  This provides some background information on this career cluster. Source: Careerclusters.org

National Agriculture Statistics Service Kids Page This visually appealing site  has links, games, a teacher section, and lots of math computation activities.  Source: NASS

National Future Farmers of America Homepage  This site is for high school students and their teachers. It will link you to a wealth of information about farming and agriculture.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS AND FRAMEWORKS
California Agriculture Core Curriculum A comprehensive list of learning outcomes for the 16 areas of agricultural mechanics. Source: California Agricultural Education


Florida Agriscience and Natural Resources A complete description of the Florida frameworks for this area. Source: MyFloridaEducation pdf icon

LESSONS AND CURRICULUM EXAMPLES
Ag for Teachers  The lesson plans include agriculture, math, and computer science. They can be printed with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Source: USDA

Ag-tivities for Soil-minded Citizens A wonderful site full of lesson plans and activities for elementary, middle, and high school students on agriculture or farming for grades K-12.

Food History Resources  These lessons work for Social Studies, Home Economics and Agriculture. Source: Morris County

From Genes to Jeans Students are introduced to the genetic research and technologies associated with agriculture.  Source: John Vogt and Mary Yale pdf icon

Interrelationships of Soil, Water and Fertilizaers, and How They Affect Plant Growth This comprehensive unit offers high school students the opportunities to perform guided classroom science projects and relate their newly gained knowledge to current agricultural issues including ground water quality and sustainable agriculture.  Source: Pamela Emery pdf icon

Kids World  Kids World has games, quizzes, and lots of information about nutrition, farming, food safety, and agriculture history for grades K-6.  Source: Kids World

Kids' Science Page Kids' Science Page National Agricultural Library is sponsored by the National Agricultural Library. Experiments are divided into agriculture/plants, animal science, environment, food/nutrition, and general science. There is wonderful information here for you to use when assisting your students with their Science Fair projects.

Kidz Korner Kidz Korner comes from the Michigan Department of Agriculture. Heavy graphics and animation make this page slow to load. You will find a lot of information about crops and animals and your students will enjoy their guide, Booster Rooster and the activities that accompany the information.

Sci4Kids Teacher's Page Activities, lessons on conservation and becoming environmentally aware, and a list of links for teachers of grades K-8.

The Kid's Ag Page  The Kid's Ag Page has colorful graphics, easy-to-read text, information about farms and farming, lessons on farm animals and their babies, the story of milk, and some "ag"citing games. Source: Illinois Department of Agriculture

USDA for Kids  Information about the history of agriculture, resource conservation education, science fair, nutrition, and  more for grades K-8. Source: USDA

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