Roads, Rivers, and Rails Agtivity Booklet
In this 12-page student workbook designed for lower elementary students, explore the ways transportation is vital to agriculture through a variety of cross-curricular ag-tivities!
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Back to School With Ag
Help students better understand connections between school supplies and agriculture with this map activity.
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Corn Soy Hogs Cattle Pumpkin
Get ready for some hand-slapping mayhem with this Illinois Agriculture version of a popular card game!
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Design a Bridge
Challenge your students to use their STEM skills and design a bridge that is at least 6 inches long and can bear weight.
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Dollar Distribution
Learn where each penny of the dollar you spend goes when you shop at the supermarket vs. the farmers market!
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Futures Farming
Students will use M&M's to help them understand how commodities are bought and sold.
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Illinois Transportation
Teach students about the diverse and highly efficient transportation system in IL.
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Indoor BINGO
This fun at-home activity expands students' knowledge of co-products and by-products in agriculture.
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Navigating IL Waterways
Students will learn more about one of our state's most important transportation systems -- our waterways.
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Pizza Process
Create your own paper spinner to learn and remember the agricultural sources of your favorite pizza ingredients!
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Tin Foil Flatboat
Students will love this STEM activity with connections to Lincoln and IL History.
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American Agriculture's Share of the World Production
While learning about US agricultural import and exports, students will use data from charts to perform math calculations with fractions and decimals
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Corn & Soybean Processing and Products
Students will explore the wealth of products derived from these two humble seeds, study the steps involved in their processing, and conduct experiments to learn why they are so versatile.
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Home Grown in Illinois
In this lesson, students will review commodity cards to learn about the top farm commodities from this state.
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Illinois Agriculture by the Numbers
Students will learn about a variety of information regarding Illinois agriculture through charts and graphs.
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McDonald's: A Chicago Success Story
Students will learn about the history of the McDonald’s Corporation using charts and a timeline.
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Science in Your Shopping Cart
Utilizing the scientific method, students will experiment with absorbency of products. Students will also learn about exciting careers in science and technology.
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Skyscraper Science
Students will learn about various science concepts used in the building of skyscrapers and put these concepts into the building of their own skyscraper.
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Tassel to Table
Students will learn about the path corn takes from the field into food products we use every day.
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