Featured Lesson Plans
Song of the Pollinators
Grades K-2
Investigate the movements, sounds, and activities of insect pollinators and discover their importance to food production.
Plant Life Cycles
Grades 3-5
Investigate the stages of a flowering plant's life cycle and develop models to explain how plants grow and change over time.
From Cow to Carton: Milk's Journey to the Consumer
Grades 6-8
Explore milk production in the United States and explain the benefits of homogenization, pasteurization, and fortification of milk.
Stacking Up Milk and Milk Substitutes
Grades 9-12
Compare and contrast milk and plant-based milk substitutes by learning their source from farm-to-table and discovering how they "stack-up" in nutritional value.
Featured Companion Resources
Pollination Simulation Kit
Bring pollination to life in your classroom! This interactive simulation lets students take on the roles of flowers, worker bees, drones, and the queen bee to model how pollen and nectar are transferred between plants. It’s a hands-on, movement-based activity that helps students understand pollinator behavior, flower anatomy, and the critical role of pollinators in ecosystems.
“Why Do We Need Bees?” by by Katie Daynes
Why do we need bees? How do they make honey? And who's in a beehive? Children can find the answers to these questions and many more in this informative lift-the-flap book. With colorful illustrations, simple text, and chunky flaps to lift, young children can discover amazing facts about bees and why they need our help.
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