Themes for Learning for Grades K-5
These selected resources use thematic standards-based content to provide for immersive multi-day experiences.
Agricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix
The National Agricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix is a free database of standards-based lesson plans and resources for K-12 educators that use agriculture as a lens for teaching science, social studies, career and technical education, and nutrition. Search the Matrix by keyword or use the Advanced Search tool. Looking for agricultural terms? Download a spreadsheet of the Matrix vocabulary. Let us know if you have an idea you'd like to share for a new lesson plan or companion resource.
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Course Topics for Grades 6-12
Address curriculum standards with these selected instructional resources for subjects in grades 6-12.
Featured Lessons & Resources
Baa, Ram, Ewe... Sheep Tales
Students explore the process of making wool into cloth.
From Wool to Wheel
Students investigate how the need for wool impacted the American colonists by examining the Wool Act of 1699, determine the importance of wool in colonial America, and compare and contrast the differences between processing wool then and now. Students spin, weave, and dye wool to explore how wool was processed in Colonial times.
A Recipe for Genetics: Selective Breeding and Bioengineering
Students identify technologies that have changed the way humans affect the inheritance of desired traits in organisms; compare and contrast selective breeding methods to bioengineering techniques; and analyze data to determine the best solution for cultivating desired traits in organisms.
Discover Agriculture Careers: One Problem at a Time
Explore agricultural career pathways from a lens of problem solving to recognize the challenges that will need to be addressed in the next generation of careers.
Discover Agriculture Careers Resource Kit
Agricultural career options encompass a diverse range of opportunities, from hands-on farming and ranching to cutting-edge research in biotechnology and sustainability. You can explore roles in agronomy, animal science, agricultural engineering, food science, agribusiness management, environmental conservation, precision agriculture, and more. This kit includes a poster, career information cards highlighting 48 careers, and 100 Discover Agriculture stickers. Order this kit online from agclassroomstore.com.
Sheepology: The Ultimate Encyclopedia
Discover all there is to know about sheep in all their woolly glory in Sheepology, a delightfully illustrated guide ewe will flock to again and again. Did you know that sheep do not like to be alone and get along well with other animals? Or that a sheep was the first mammal to be cloned by humans? Have you ever wondered how sheep's milk turns into cheese? Or how sheep are shorn and wool is made into cloth? These and other intriguing and engaging facts can be found in Sheepology, a visual encyclopedia.