Students will understand that basic economic concepts are important for consumer decision-making, learn consumer decisions are influenced by economic and social factors, learn values have a role in making consumer decisions. Other concepts include needs vs wants, opportunity cost, prices, and food scarcity/hunger.
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Incubating and hatching eggs in the classroom is a great way to teach students about animal life cycles and needs of living things. Here are several resources to help you do this successfully.
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These are great pre or post-assessment worksheets for our Kentucky Farms Feed Me Virtual Field Trip Series or when using the Linking Farm to Table game.
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Learn about Kentucky poultry and eggs.
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In our latest field trip video, Kentucky kid Kylie visits Hayden Farms in Daviess County (near Owensboro) to learn how they raise chickens for grocery stores. Hayden Farms is the first chicken farm in the country to offer a viewing room to the public for education.
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Primary: Students will use their senses to evaluate different types of apples and select their favorite. Students will write an opinion piece with supporting reasons, and students will develop a bar chart to report results.
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Kentucky farms annually harvest more than 1,000 watermelon acres, making it the Commonwealth’s second largest fresh market produce by area.
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MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE: Students will review information on how the traits of pigs have changed over time due to human influence. This includes the most recent genetic modification of pigs for xenotransplantation.
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MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE: Students will learn how adaptability and other factors led to feral pigs becoming an invasive species in the Southern United States through a population simulation.
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Try these companion lesson option to pair with a field trip to the Kentucky State Fair.
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Eggs in the Classroom lesson plans and activities for kindergarten through high school educators.
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Secondary Careers & Social Studies: Define consumer products and know the importance of agriculture and agriculture products in a healthy community. This lesson also includes an activity that shows the power of shopping locally.
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Intermediate Science: Students will learn the different parts of the farm ecosystem and discuss what happens when one or more parts are missing.
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Intermediate Science: Students will model the food chain from the sun to decomposers using producer and consumer examples that are found on a farm.
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Intermediate Science: Students will investigate what soil types are best for a given crop.
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Intermediate Science: Students will understand how plants (cover crops) on the farm prevent soil erosion and filter water.
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Intermediate & Secondary Economics: Students will understand that the foods and natural resources they consume come from a broad ecosystem due to our farming, transportation, and commerce systems.
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PRIMARY & INTERMEDIATE SCIENCE: Find different versions of our chicken life cycle worksheet and a Google Classroom version that can be digitally manipulated.
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ALL GRADE LEVELS - ART or introduction to genetic traits - Students will either use a dice or their own characteristics to create a unique chicken.
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Intermediate & Secondary Science & Engineering: Students will explore how to best care for animals, then create a modern pig barn where the animals’ needs are met in a safe and comfortable environment.
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