Free Resources & Lesson Plans
Downloadable activities and lesson plans about agriculture and links to more agricultural education materials. For even more suggestions check out our Ag Lit Catalog.
Feeding Minds Cultivating Growth Educator’s Guide
This lesson plan series has been designed to help students learn about American agriculture from the perspective of one of their peers; but this time their peer is a character in an agriculturally based novel.These resources were developed with the middle-school educator in mind; the three selected books are appropriate for middle-school readers, and the content lends to important discussion about issues relevant to young learners.
Teacher’s Guide to The Man Who Fed the World
How do we cultivate a sustainable future for Earth’s growing population? What role does agriculture play in ensuring food security? These are questions students will answer as they study The Man Who Fed the World. The teacher’s guide to the book contains modules and instructional materials designed to help high school students examine the elements of sustainable international development efforts, specifically with respect to the role agriculture plays in spurring economic transformation and growth in developing countries.
The Guardian Team Lesson Plans
This educator guide accompanies the book "The Guardian Team," a winner of the AFBFA Book of the Year Award.
Discover Ag Careers
The resources in this kit are based on each career focus area. Each area includes:
- One lesson that introduces students to the career focus area and associated career opportunities
- Three standards-based, interdisciplinary supplemental activities that each feature a different career from that area
- One take-home activity sheet that introduces students to another career from that area through a fun, engaging activity
The resources are designed to focus on one career focus area each month during the school year. If you choose to follow this structure, we recommend having a weekly career day. The main lesson is presented the first week of the month, followed by the three supplemental activities
Make it a complete kit! Get the 9 Ag Career Posters and the Name that Ag Career Card Game!
Goodnight Tractor
These fun free downloadable activities are a perfect follow up to reading "Goodnight Tractor"!
Bringing Biotechnology to Life
Brought to you by The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture in partnership with the International Food and Information Council Foundation, www.foodinsight.org.
Answers questions: What is DNA?; What is selective breeding? How can we examine DNA?; What is biotech?; How do researchers compare DNA?; Where would we be without "GMOs"?; How is biotech used?
Sustainable Agriculture Lesson plans
Sustainable Agriculture Lesson Plans are for grades 9-12 with the goal of increasing students' knowledge about the social, economic, environmental, and production components of sustainable farming and ranching in the 21st century.
At the end of each lesson, students will complete an Online Learning Experience that corresponds with the respective lesson plan.
Peanut Activity Cards
Learn all about peanuts in this collection of 12, easy to implement 3rd-5th grade lesson plans/activities. Updated in June 2020 with updated statistics!
Dive Into Water Careers!
Water careers online learning experience. This tool is to be used to support Lesson Plan 5 of Dive In! Exploring the Science of Water and Food Production.
Farm to Cart
This printable board game introduces PreK-Elementary players to the general process for the production of various agricultural products. Players will become aware that farmers use land in different ways to grow crops.