Kentucky Agriculture and Environment in the Classroom was formed in 1992 to provide agricultural, environmental, and practical living literacy programs across the Bluegrass. This is accomplished through developing partnerships with Kentucky’s agricultural and educational organizations.
#TeachKyAg has developed and updated many lessons that meet current Kentucky Academic Standards for subject matter you are already teaching. You may browse our catalog by topic, by grade level soon.
We have several mobile programs and presenters that will visit schools throughout Kentucky. Programs are available for K-12 and vocational classrooms.
#TeachKyAg provides training workshops for teachers, pre-service teachers, agri-business professionals, volunteer educators, and potential program facilitators.
View our interactive Kentucky agriculture map (links to our county web pages with farmer profiles. Google Slide version (links to slides within the document).
Have students learn all about poinsettias, their unique parts, and their role in holiday traditions. A coloring page is included.
Students (grade 3+) learn how agriculture is brings to life all of their holiday favorites! From Christmas trees to sweet treats, this interactive resource demonstrates that without farmers, it would be a blue Christmas.
MATH: There are four versions of this worksheet: Counting/Number ID, Simple Addition and Subtraction to 6, Multiplication, and Fraction Conversion.
GRADES 5+: Developed for the Kentucky Corn Growers Association, this lesson has students plan and produce a theoretical crop of corn to learn economic concepts, use their math skills, make decisions, and understand the risks of farming and depending upon nature.
The Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts asked the Kentucky Agriculture and Environment in the Classroom to provide additional resources to help teachers share a positive message about agriculture’s role in conservation practices. We have provided the tabloid with active links and additional information for your students.
This is a fun companion activity for our Visit a Dairy Farm and Ice Cream Show virtual field trip.
This is a wonderful program for teaching Farm to Table concepts!
Kentucky students are invited to enter the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s (KDA) annual Poster and Essay Contest, Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell has announced.
Feeding the Future
We work to provide students and teachers with accurate knowledge of food, fiber, and renewable resource production with hopes of instilling an appreciation for agriculture’s impact on our quality of life. Today’s students are tomorrow’s consumers and food and farming workforce.
Our sponsors and program partners make our work possible. Thank you to our Kentucky agricultural community!
Each year, we work to bring agriculture literacy to more students and teachers than the year before. We do this through programs, resources, and training, but our impact grows when individuals and organizations introduce #teachkyag in their communities.
These students participate in our programs and receive instruction from teachers and volunteer educators who utilize our resources and training.
Each of these counties has utilized our programs and resources in some way over the past five years. Red counties have been recently added.
We have more than 2,000 teachers and educators utilizing our programs and resources. Many more continue to use our resources regularly.
As a result of your assistance over the last three years, we have sparked an interest and several students (kids from the suburbs) are expressing interest in 4H, FFA, and even seeking out work with local agricultural businesses and farmers. ”
Dayna Moore, Heritage Christian School, Owensboro
Our team is made up of passionate agriculture advocates and educators. We are regularly looking for more people to serve in various capacities.
