Open your Agriculture 101 course with a lesson plan on defining agriculture. Guide your class with thought-provoking questions and discussion. Give them time to play the card game, "Pit" in order to experience commodity exchange. This is...

First graders identify the commodities of Oregon and produce a map of the different commodities in different regions.

The students will identify many of the things in their lives that come from agriculture.See if someone involved in production agriculture will "adopt" your class. Students can correspond with the farmer or rancher's family. This will...