Agriculture stem activities

Teachers are always look for another way to reinforce principles covered in class. To understand how a greenhouse works, students must understand the critical factors that go into play to make a greenhouse function. The problem is that this topic is super boring to learn.

Let the ag-venture begin with these farm fun ideas.

Discover how to make an anemometer with cardboard and paper cups. This simple anemometer for kids is a fun weather STEM activity that's perfect for spring.

These agriculture and farm education activities are great for high school and middle school CTE teachers. Engaging lesson plans on food sustainability, plant-based foods, farming technology, and more! Great for family and consumer science, CTE career and technology education, agriculture education and culinary arts. Read more!

Each day this week I will be sharing with you a set of farm-themed STEM activities. Each activity has a free set of printables that goes along with it.

Building a Hay Bale Kicker is just like making a catapult. Children just get to fling farm objects like hay, straw, and cereal.

Hands-on and fun plants STEM activities for kids to design and build models of plant adaptations.I like to use this science experiment for students learning about plant life cycles, plant needs, adaptations, habitats, and ecosystems in 2nd and 3rd grade science.

Animal seed dispersal by attachment STEM activity. Get your students thinking like engineers as they build animal models to simulate seed dispersal by showing how seeds attach to an animal’s fur. Students demonstrate one of the ways plants rely on animals to help disperse their seeds. This hands-on STEM activity is ideal for teaching the interdependence between plants and animals.

Teaching farming to your young and active elementary kids can never be this fun! They'll learn not just about farming but also it's animals, planting, and even how they weigh their daily produce with this list of enjoyable farm activities for elementary students.

Here is an amazing list of clever, unique and simple set up STEM challenges and lesson plans from other teachers.

STEM Challenge for Spring: Design and Create a Bird's Nest A nature-based STEM challenge that is fun to create on both a small and large scale: a bird's nest! Support a Growth Mindset with STEM Why try this challenge? In addition to creating something that seems simple (but is actually quite difficult), students have the opportunity to observe nests in nature, gather materials, and work on their growth mindset. Gather Materials for Bird Nest STEM First, gather all materials needed for the…

How to make your own butter using one ingredient! Great kids science / dairy farming learning activity! Free printable directions sheet. #gardenideas #gardendesign #backyarddesign

Science for Kids: Observing Plant Growth Using Bulbs

A fun summer project, the paper plate greenhouse combines crafting with a STEM-based science project about seed germination and watch it happen.

Extract DNA from a strawberry in your kitchen. This fun, easy, activity uses only common household items and takes about 10 minutes. Full step-by-step picture tutorial included. Great science experiment for elementary and middle school students.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VqqgG6K97wK4bJkJJ8u-F4jvACRH8B8j/view?usp=sharing Students bring in a soil sample from their backyard to investigate, draw, describe (color, particle size, texture and structure), compare / contrast (with a peer's sample) and experiment on (predict and discover what type of soil is in their yard)! Includes: slides to introduce the components of soil (sand, silt, clay, organic matter, water, air and animals) soil sample recording sheet (investigating, drawing…

Encourage your children to eat healthy produce while learning what goes into growing it with this free eBook full of fun activity sheets that are perfect for learning at home or in any educational setting. Learn about modern agriculture and understand where your food comes from with this Farm To Fork Activities book from Tanimura & Antle and The Produce Moms!

Genetics can be a difficult subject for students, but creating a lesson using food is sure to increase engagement! Plus, genetically modified foods (GMOs) and hybrids are a hot topic in science as they forge genetic engineering with agricultural practices and have the potential to address challenges in food insecurity around the world. Here are three ways we teach about genetic topics through food in a hands-on STEM experience!

Kids are so far removed from the production of food these days that they have no idea where food comes from or what it takes to produce it.