Featured Resources

Top picks for autumn.

The Case of the Missing Pumpkin

• Lesson Plan
• Grades K – 2

Students investigate the phenomenon of decomposing pumpkins as a part of the plant's life cycle.

Pumpkins... Not Just For Halloween

• Lesson Plan
• Grades 3 – 5

Students estimate the size and weight of pumpkins, sprout pumpkin seeds, and make pumpkin pie in a bag.

Land and Soil in the Ecosystem

• Lesson Plan
• Grades 6 – 8

Students use an apple to explore how land resources are used, the importance of topsoil, and the factors affecting its distribution.

The Social and Environmental Impacts of Food Waste

• Lesson Plan
• Grades 9 – 12

Students explore how food waste affects the environment and identify potential solutions to mitigate food waste’s carbon footprint.

My Farm Web

• Kit
• Grades K – 2
• Grades 3 – 5

This interactive activity has students create a "farm web" to visually showcase how agriculture is a part of their lives.

In Search of the Perfect Pumpkin

• Book
• Grades K – 2
• Grades 3 – 5

Follow this family as they search for the perfect pumpkin to make pumpkin pie.

Opportunities

Present at the 2025 NAITC conference

Share your passion for agricultural literacy with others at the 2025 National Agriculture in the Classroom conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Workshop proposals are due November 1, 2024.

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Apply for a $500 Classroom Grant

Grants will be awarded to PreK – 12th grade teachers with classroom projects that use agricultural concepts to teach reading, writing, math, nutrition, science, and/or social studies. Applications are due November 15, 2024.

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Become a Certified Agricultural Literacy Educator

Explore the diverse field of agriculture and learn how to integrate it into your teaching with the newly developed Agricultural Literacy Certification (ALC) course. The course is online, self-paced, and open for enrollment.

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