Agriculture–
In Touch With
You Daily!
Background
Information
Procedure
Shopping
Spree
Was That a
Plant?
Procedure
Agriculture–In Touch With You Daily!
| 1. | Introduce new vocabulary |
1-3
product, drugs
product, drugs
4-6
by-product, pharmaceutical,
ethanol, technology
by-product, pharmaceutical,
ethanol, technology
| 2. | Have students read background information or lead discussion based on background information. Discuss products students use every day that come from agriculture. Include the obvious, such as food and clothing, but also have them think about agricultural by-products we use daily. |
| 3. | Using the by-product lists included in the lesson, collect and bring to class some of the products we use that we don't think of as containing agricultural by-products. |
| 4. | Complete "Let's Go On A Shopping Spree" Activity. |
| 5. | Activity: As a homework assignment have students examine ingredient labels of products they have at home to see which contain agricultural by-products. Have students list the products and agricultural by-product each contains. |
| 6. | Grades 1-3: Have students use pictures from magazines and newspapers to write descriptive words and/or sentences about a crop or livestock of their choice. Students should complete their project by drawing a picture of the crop or livestock and at least one product we get from it. |
| 7. | Grades 4-6: Students will use 3 resources, including the Internet, to research an agricultural crop or livestock of their choice. Their research should be presented in a classificatory or descriptive report telling how that crop or livestock touches us daily through the by-products derived from it. |
