Education Standards
My American Farm (Education Games)
My Plate, My State from the U.S. Department of Agriculture
My Plate, My State Resources
Paper Slide Rubric
POWER Library
Rubric for Student Reflection
State and DC Agricultural Facts
Farm To Table
Overview
Students will research and learn about the process the industries use to get food from farm to table.
Lesson Objectives
Students will know / be able to:
- Understand the food industry process.
- Research where our food comes from.
- Create a video which demonstrates the farm to table process.
Warm Up / Introduction
Instructor Notes:
- Participate in a class discussion. Ask the students if they know:
- What agriculture is.
- Where their food comes from.
- How their food is processed.
- What food is produced locally.
- What food other states are known for.
- Each student will be given the name of a state to research. The student will use the attached resources to learn about what agricultural supplies are produced in that state.
- Students will use the coloring sheet, specific to their state; to record their findings.
Activity Directions:
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Research / Explore Activity
Instructor Notes:
- Students will use the POWER Library databases and other resources attached to further their research on the process of farm to table. Their research should include all industries. (seafood, cattle, dairy, grain, fruit, vegetable, etc.).
- Students should learn about the process each industry uses to get the food from the farm to the table.
POWER Library resources:
- The POWER Library resources that can be used for this activity includes:
- POWER Library TrueFLIX
- Farm to Table category under Science and Nature
- POWER Library Gale In Context Elementary
- POWER Library Gale In Context Middle School
- POWER Library Gale OneFile High School Edition
- POWER Library Gale In Context Environmental Studies
- POWER Library Gale General OneFile
- POWER Library GreenFILE
- POWER Library Gale Topic Collection
- Agriculture
- POWER Library E-Books (EBSCO)
- Producing Vegetables
- POWER Library BookFLIX
- Let's Visit a Dairy Farm
- Living on Farms
- Vegetables, Vegetables
- POWER Library Gale OneFile News
- POWER Library Science Reference Center
- POWER Library TrueFLIX
Extended Activities:
- The Ag Foundation has a Farm to Cart game that you can play with the students.
Activity Directions:
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Reinforcement / Creation Activity
Instructor Notes:
- Introduce students to the paper slide concept by having them watch one of the videos listed below.
- Group students into small working groups. Each working group will be given one of the industries below:
- eggs
- beef
- seafood
- fruit
- milk
- pork
- grains
- vegetables
- chicken
- Each group needs to take their topic and create a paper slide video which demonstrates the process that industry uses to get food from the farm to the table.
Assessment:
- Assessment will be based on their paper slide video using the rubric attached.
Paper Slide Presentations:
- The following resources can be used to learn about Paper Slide Presentations.
- What is a paper slide presentation? by Rachel Hurst on Vimeo
- How to make a Paper Slide Video by DMSFlippedMath on YouTube
- How to make a Paper Slide Video by Regina Bale on YouTube
Activity Directions:
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Reflection
Instructor Reflection:
Reflect on the lesson plan and document what worked for you, what did not work for you, and what you would change for the next time you utilize this lesson.
Directions:Using the Lesson Reflection Worksheet, reflect on the following questions:
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