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The Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom Ag Mags are 4-page, colorful agricultural magazines for kids. They contain information about agriculture, bright pictures, classroom activities, and agricultural careers. Contact your County Ag Literacy Coordinator or County Farm Bureau office.

Illinois State Learning Standards for Ag Mags

Ag Mags in development
• Careers
• History

Click on the title of each Ag Mag to download

Apples: Explore apple production, history, growth and varieties.
Strong focus on Social Sciences standards.

Beef: A look at nutritional value, cuts of beef, products, breeds,
and the stomachs of ruminant animals. Focus on Physical
Development and Health standards.

Biotechnology: Basic concepts and agricultural benefits
of biotechnology with a strong emphasis on History, Geography,
Science, Technology and Society.

Careers: A look at jobs in agriculture, both farming and nonfarming,
and projected employment opportunities. Strong Social
Science correlation.

Corn: A look at corn, diversity of products, and a strong emphasis
on corn as a renewable resource for use in ethanol and corn plastic.

Dairy: Follow the route of dairy from the farm to the store to
your home to your body. Emphasis on Nutrition.

Earth Week: Explore how agriculture is a vital part of the
environment. Social Science and Science standards are emphasized.

Horse: Explore horses in the past and the present day.
Strong History emphasis, as well as Math activities.

Horticulture: Read all about the horticulture industry and what careers students can take in the industry.  This Ag Mag is written at a sixth to eighth grade level and involves high vocabulary, facts, and figures, but with real-life pictures and a great background, elementary students can understand and learn a lot from this Ag Mag as well.

Illinois: Take a trip back to a 50s-style diner to learn about Illinois
commodities. Learn about diner slang, food prices then and
now, and towns important to the food industry.

Nutrition: Focuses on consumption agriculture and uses the food
guide pyramid and exercise to optimize nutrition and fitness.
Emphasis on Physical Development and Health.

Pizza: From crust to ingredients to the final product – learn
how agriculture is involved. Emphasis on Social Science and
Math standards.

Pork: Care of livestock as well as a strong emphasis on the
environmental aspect of pork production.

Poultry: Science, Social Science, and Math standards are addressed
through studies of embryology, chickens and turkeys.

Pumpkin: Language, Science, and Social Science standards are
address through genetics, blossom dissection, Thanksgiving,
and Halloween.

Renewable Energy: This Ag Mag examines at various forms of Renewable Energy, specifically those with direct agricultural connections.  Strong Science Connections.

Sheep: Fiber production from farm to garment provides
an opportunity to address Science, Economic and History standards.

Specialty Crops

Soils and Fertilizer: Erosion, soil profiles, and usable land for
food production are examined through Science-based standards.

Soybeans: The versatile soybean is examined with an emphasis
on Nutrition, Economics and Geography. Math and Science
standards are also addressed in this issue.

Technology: Technology, from simple machines to global
positioning satellites, is examined through Math and Science
standards.

Tree

Water: The water cycle, water transportation, water pollution,
and water conservation are addressed through Math and
Science standards.