This course aims to increase understanding and knowledge of our food and …
This course aims to increase understanding and knowledge of our food and fiber system, giving a starting point for students to explore pathways and occupations related to the agriculture industry, and gain hands-on experience learning basic agricultural practices. This curriculum, designed for eighth-graders, is intended to be student-led and inquiry-based. Written by Emma Sunderman; Ice Cream in a Bag Lesson Plan by Caleb tenBensel; other activities developed and curated by Nebraska AFNR educators
CropWatch is a central resource for University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension information on …
CropWatch is a central resource for University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension information on crop production and pest management. It is written by Extension Educators and Specialists and produced by IANR Media in the UNL Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Information is organized into two key areas, each of which offers thousands of crop-specific articles for Nebraska producers and crop consultants:
The CropWatch newsletter, which includes timely articles published to the site's home page. New issues are published weekly during the heart of the crop production season and generally biweekly during the remainder of the year. Older articles are archived for later review.
CropWatch also includes:
- Calendar of ag events and programs - Daily news and updates via Twitter at UNL_CropWatch (also displayed on the home page) - Ag decision-aid tools and resources from UNL Extension - Content tags at the end of individual stories to help you located related articles released since April 2016. - Use the Search box in the top right of every page or the Archives to locate additional articles. - Crop-specific production and pest management sections, with additional sites for whole farm and production systems. Use the top red-bar navigation to access specific crop, management and related topics.
Nebraska Agriculture in the Classroom is pleased to provide seventh – ninth …
Nebraska Agriculture in the Classroom is pleased to provide seventh – ninth grade students enrolled in an Introduction to Agriculture course in agricultural education with Discover Nebraska: Agriculture Edition. This resource aligns with Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resource Standards (AFNR).
Discover Nebraska: Agriculture Edition will spark conversation, build knowledge, and expose students to agriculture in Nebraska. This resource will stimulate students to explore and learn more about the news and to pay attention to the news they see and hear outside of school. Relevant and accurate information is presented in a weekly reader style magazine to build agricultural literacy – awareness, knowledge, and appreciation – by providing the first of its kind agricultural literacy resource to all agricultural education programs in Nebraska.
Each reader is accompanied by more than sixty pages of Teacher’s Guides broken into Bell Ringers, Discussion Prompts, and Lab Activities. These guides allow learning to take place for more than one class period as educators are encouraged to use each reader per quarter.
Every day the gap between producers and consumers continues to grow. Growing …
Every day the gap between producers and consumers continues to grow. Growing Agriculture Together was built to help consumers understand the producer. We want to start a conversation; let’s learn something new together! Don’t wait. Learn more about cooperatives, grain, energy, agronomy, feed and safety today!
This lesson presents an overview of the seven areas of Plant Systems: …
This lesson presents an overview of the seven areas of Plant Systems: plant science, crop science, soil science, pomology, olericulture, floriculture, and landscaping and nursery. Learners then complete a career report over one career from Plant Systems.
Resources on local food production, including fruit and vegetable production strategies, pest …
Resources on local food production, including fruit and vegetable production strategies, pest management, marketing, food safety, horticulture budgets, and regulations.
Concise lesson plan template asking for the 'essential question', objectives, interest approach, …
Concise lesson plan template asking for the 'essential question', objectives, interest approach, content/procedure/activity, and closure/check for understanding. Developed by Matt Kriefels.
Students in this lesson will investigate the different aspects of agronomy through …
Students in this lesson will investigate the different aspects of agronomy through different videos and puzzles. They will define what agronomy is, provide examples of the industry and describe what agronomic sciences entail.
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