Intermediate Science: Students will learn the different parts of the farm ecosystem and discuss what happens when one or more parts are missing.
Read MoreIntermediate Science: Students will model the food chain from the sun to decomposers using producer and consumer examples that are found on a farm.
Read MoreIntermediate Science: Students will investigate what soil types are best for a given crop.
Read MoreIntermediate Science: Students will understand how plants (cover crops) on the farm prevent soil erosion and filter water.
Read MoreIntermediate & Secondary Economics: Students will understand that the foods and natural resources they consume come from a broad ecosystem due to our farming, transportation, and commerce systems.
Read MoreStudents will develop an understanding of why certain geographical areas in Kentucky provide better habitats for breeding and raising horses, how weather events contribute changes on the earth’s surface, how weathering and erosion can leak calcium carbonate into the ground water for animal consumption, and they will construct an argument based on experimentation that limestone in Kentucky’s soil is released into the water through the process of weathering and erosion.
Read MoreGrades: 4-5 Social Studies, MS/HS Enrichment - Students will learn how topographic, geologic, and natural resource availability affect agriculture production in the Commonwealth.
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