Agriculture Learning Tips and Suggestions for 1st and 2nd Graders

Our favorite lessons and activities for 1st and 2nd Graders for in the classroom or on the farm.

Reading List from American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture - There is a filter tool to choose a theme and reading age.

Feeding Kentucky Presentation and Linking Farm-to-Table Activity

1st Grade Lessons

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• Science - 1-LS1-1 - Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.

  • Beef Cattle Structures, Needs, and Habitats - How is a Cow a Cow? Form to Function – Could a cow’s tail inspire the design for a fly swatter?

• Social Studies - 1.E.KE.1 - Identify and describe what goods and services are produced in different places and regions in Kentucky.

  • Interactive Kentucky Agriculture Map

  • Student Activity Book with Map Activity

  • Regions of Kentucky Google Slides

  • Regions Worksheet

2nd Grade Lessons

Be sure to check out:

• Science - 2-LS2-2 - Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.

  • RSG: The Business of Bees

  • RSG: Seeds

  • Buzzy, Buzzy Bee

  • KFFM: Apple Tree Life Cycle (Watch – Apple Orchard)

  • RSG: Plant Life Cycle Game

  • RSG: What Do Plants Need to Live?

• Social Studies - 2.E.MI.1 - Describe how examples of capital, human, and natural resources are related to goods and services.

  • KFFM: Natural, Capital, or Human? (Google Slide)

  • Have students watch any of the Kentucky Farms Feed Me Virtual Field Trips and have them categorize different resources they see.

• ELA & Math - Comparing Apples to Apples