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First Grade, “More Than A Seed”
Students will discover that there are many different kinds of farms, learn key farm vocabulary terms, and connect the foods they eat to farming.
Supplemental Resources
Background Information
- Corn Fact Sheet
- Soybean Fact Sheet
- Corn Ag Mag (request a classroom set from DeKalb County Farm Bureau)
- Soybean Ag Mag (request a classroom set)
Related Lessons
- Garden in a Glove – germinate vegetable seeds in a clear plastic glove
- Bean Seed Cycle – create a book with pages representing parts of a bean seed
- The Seed Match – conduct hands-on investigation of fruits and vegetables
- Seeds, Miraculous Seeds – examine the parts of bean and corn seeds
Worksheets
- My Growing Seeds booklet – monitor growing seeds then draw and describe observations
- Get Growing – write and color the resources plants and people need to grow
Links
Resource Kits
- Farm Charm Supplies – make charm necklaces that symbolize farm features
- Germination Necklace Supplies – grow live seed germination necklaces
- Soil Creature Supplies – create creatures with live grass as hair
Donated Books (school libraries)
- Beans (Life Cycles) by Julie Murray
- Corn by Margaret Hall
- Corn by Elaine Landau
- Corn Belt Harvest by Raymond Bial
- From Kernel to Corncob by Ellen Weiss
- The Super Soybean by Raymond Bial
Books on Loan (from DCFB)
- One Bean by Anne Rockwell
- Oh Say Can You Seed (Dr. Seuss) by Bonnie Worth
- Why the Brown Bean Was Blue by Susan M. Pankey