Make & Takes
Make & Takes are fun, hands-on activities used to reinforce educational concepts with the help of agriculture. Learn about plants and animals, the economy, the environment, ag careers and nutrition through science experiments, tasty recipes, arts and crafts, creative writing and more.
PlanT
Learn about plants and their parts, plant-based products and byproducts.
Grow seeds in clear balloons. Get creative with colored rice and bean mosaics. Make your own bubbles and living necklaces. Press flowers with a homemade press. Build your very own mini greenhouse.
Animal
Learn about animals and animal habitats, life cycles, products and byproducts.
Make your own bubbles, butter, ice cream and glue. Build your own crawfish chimneys and feed sacks. Imagine you’re a baby chick hatching from an egg and discover its life cycle. Create various animal replicas.
Plant & Animal
Learn about plants and animals with these exciting activities and tasty treats.
Make putty that bounces. Discover how pizza gets from the farm to your table. Build a corn husk dragonfly and quilting squares. Color and fold your own ag-themed pop-up game.
Economics
Agriculture plays an important role in our economy on a state and national level.
See how your food dollar is allocated. Learn about supply and demand and how these economic principles affect pricing with a cooperative class activity.
Environment
Learn about the impact agriculture has on our environment.
Enjoy edible soil. Make your own fossils. Learn about Earth’s resources. Study the water cycle with homemade models and bracelets. Discover the difference between conservation, preservation and indiscriminate use with a cooperative class activity.
Career
Agriculture is a field with many different career opportunities.
Research careers in agriculture. Watch videos exploring opportunities in the field. Write a report and make a career collage. Select the career that interests you the most and make a career vest. Present your discoveries to the class and create a careers bulletin board.
Lagniappe
These activities offer students a little something extra.
Make homemade tortillas. Learn how agriculture contributes to baseball. Discover how jobs like engineering and mathematics play a role in agriculture.
Nutrition
Learn about nutrition and health with these fun activities.
Discover the Food Guide Pyramid and make bracelets showing the number of servings from each food group students need daily. Give students a high-five for eating healthy.