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Agriculture in the Classroom

"Steer" Toward STEM: Careers in Animal Agriculture

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Think like an engineer and an agricultural scientist over the course of 12 lessons in a STEM based unit. Young scientists take on the roles of animal physiologists, animal geneticists, agricultural engineers, animal nutritionists,...
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Unit Plan
Cassandra Reigel Whetstone

Farmer McPeepers and His Missing Milk Cows

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pair your reading of Farmer McPeepers and His Missing Milk Cows with the questions and activities provided here. Learners answer questions about the text, create story maps, put together brochures, relate math to the story, practice...
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Activity
Kids Can Have Fun

Cut and Paste Farm Animals Activity

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Kids cut out the heads and tails of animals, match the heads to the tails, paste the two parts together, and color these cute farm creatures.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Farm Animal Cut and Paste

For Students K
Let's practice cutting and pasting! Kindergarteners color four farm animals and then cut out the back half of the animals and paste them on the correct front half. Farm animal names are included to help improve sight word recognition...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Label The Farm Animals

For Students 1st - 2nd
Your youngest Spanish learners will love coloring these fun, farmyard friends! They learn the words for rooster, pig, horse, donkey, sheep, duck, chicken, goat, and cow. Next, they color a picture of each animal and practice writing the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Growing Minds: Farm Animal Matching Game

For Teachers K - 2nd
Use this farm animal matching worksheet alongside the Growing Minds Farm Animals lesson; kids learn about different animals and the products they are needed for. This activity highlights cows, bees, geese, chickens, goats, sheep, and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Visit To the Farm

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students research farm animals and write a story based on the research.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Farm Animals

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Why are farm animals important to the community? Expand young farmers' knowledge of furry and feathered friends through stories and a video. There are several books recommended; however, you could use any book about farm animals. A video...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

WHO CARES FOR THE LAND?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the importance of natural resources. They are given copies of the story, "Who Cares For The Land," and students follow along as the teacher reads it. Students identify the key points in the story. (Soil, water and air...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Farm Animals And Food They Eat

For Teachers K
Students identify farm animals by the sounds they make and draw the animal and type of food they eat. In this farm animals lesson plan, students read the book Barnyard Song and view baggies of animal food.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

A Sheep Needs

For Students K - 1st
In this sheep worksheet, students color a picture of sheep. In the ten circles below it, students write or illustrate what a sheep needs. There are no directions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Farm Pictures

For Teachers K
Students paint farm animals. In this farm animal lesson, students paint pictures of farm animals during one thirty minute session. They cut out and glue the pictures on a picture of a farm which they also painted in the second session.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Names of Animals

For Students Pre-K - K
In this animal names worksheet, students analyze 15 pictures of common farm animals. Using a word bank, students write the name of each animal under the correct picture.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Farm Animals

For Teachers 1st
First graders use this Web Quest to find out about 6 different farm animals. They explore what each animal eats and what food humans get from each animal. They study about are pigs, sheep, goats, horses, cows, and chickens.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animal Babies on the Farm

For Teachers K - 1st
Students observe pictures of farm animals and name the animals. They match the animals to their offspring in a number of matching activities.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

My Farm Animal Needs

For Students K - 1st
In this farm animals worksheet, students write or draw the necessary things their chosen farm animal needs. There are no directions on the page.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Baa, Ram, Ewe.... Sheep Tales

For Teachers K
Students explore animal characteristics by reading animal stories in class. In this sheep habitat lesson, students identify the uses for sheep in our agricultural based society and the importance of wool in our economy. Students read...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Comparing Farms and Your World Venn Diagram

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this farm animals instructional activity, students compare and contrast farm animals and home pets on a Venn diagram. Students write notes about the way they are the same and different.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Farm Animals

For Teachers 1st
First graders conduct research about farm animals and what it is like to live on a farm. They explore a variety of websites and complete an online WebQuest. They select a farm animal, and write a report about their animal's...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Farm Animals

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write a paper about what kind of animal they would like to raise on a farm.
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Curated OER

Farm Animals ABC Book

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students read and examine various books and websites on farm animals and farm life, then create a class farm ABC book. Each student is responsible for one page in the book.
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Article
Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Changing Lives, One Cow at a Time [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
Read this article to learn about Heifer International and other organizations who donate farm animals like cows, buffalo, goats, and sheep to poor people to improve their lives. It talks about 2nd graders raising money to help fund these...
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Three Friends by Edric Vredenburg

For Students K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Three Friends by Edric Vredenburg (1890) a picture book about farm animals.
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PPT
Other

Voice Thread: Baby Farm Animals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Narrated slideshow introduces viewers to a variety of baby animals and answers such questions as, what are baby goats called? what are baby cows called? what are baby swans called? [Registered users can comment on each slide, via text,...