Lessons & Activities
Here, There & Everywhere: Michigan Agriculture
Lesson number: 266
Grade Kindergarten
This lesson features Michigan agriculture products. Students will take a trip with Captain Food Fabulous who will help them understand the various commodities grown in the state. The lesson is an important and useful way to begin educating students about the importance of agriculture to Michigan economy.
The Great Fruits of West Michigan
Grade 1
This lesson features Michigan agriculture products. Students will take a trip with Captain Food Fabulous who will help them understand the various fruits grown in the state. The lesson is an important and useful way to begin educating students about the importance of agriculture to Michigan economy.
Understanding Insects as Friends or Foes
Lesson number: 244
Grade 2
This lesson allows children to identify helpful and harmful insects, learn the variety of ways food producers have to control pests, make insect traps and key out their bugs just like in an orchard. Integrated pest management techniques used on real orchards are discussed. Insect and plant life cycles are also taught.
Honey Bees, Chickens and Cows...Oh My!
Lesson number: 265
Grade 2
This lesson educates students about products and by-products generated by animals and insects. Students must associate products with their source animal.
Where Would We Be Without Seeds?
Grades 2 & 3
Seeds are the beginning of all food from plants and are essential for animal production. Students will compare seed types, learn their parts, discover foods that grow from seeds and find out how farmers are able to raise food because of their expertise in seed and plant care.
Michigan Food - From Farm to You
Lessson number: 268
Grade 4
This fourth grade lesson plan features Michigan agriculture products. Students will learn about the geography of Michigan including the Great Lakes as well as regions of the state where various commodities are grown. This lesson will teach about the processing of useful agricultural products and provide a better understanding of the regions in the state where these products are grown.
Food and Fiber Products - Helping the Environment and You
Lesson number: 246
Grade 4
New Products that are friendly to the environment are being made from plants. This lesson teaches about these products, where they come from and why they are good for the environment. In this forth grade lesson, students conduct and experiment using different materials and predict which dissolve first.
Water: The Incredible Resource
Grade 4
Fourth graders will learn the water cycle and discuss water use while participating in hands-on activities. Students will also learn how to measure parts per million while discussing water quality.
Soil...It's More Than Just Dirt!
Grades 4 & 5
This lesson asks students to make observations about various types of soil. The students will learn about soil density and permeability and conduct experiments using different conservation methods.
Agriculture: Cycling Back to You
Grade 5
This lesson teaches the importance of balance within an ecosystem and reviews the importance and interaction of the carbon cycle using agriculture as the example. The lesson is an important and useful way to educate about the importance of an ecosystem and is fun for presenters and students alike.
Food's Amazing Journey
Lesson number: 261
Grade 5
This lesson teaches science and economics through hands-on activities. Children will pay for their crop production costs using kernels of corn. Students then make GORP, (good old raisins and peanuts), working through production, transportation, processing, and retail. Basic economic principles such as capital and return on investment are included.
Putting it all Together...DNA and Biotechnology
Grade 5
Learn the basics of biotechnology and its importance to agriculture in this hands on lesson designed for 5th grade students. This lesson matches to Michigan Curriculum Standards.
