Students will learn how farmers grow and harvest corn, dissect corn kernels, investigate types of corn, and explore how corn impacts our lives.
How do we use field corn? worksheet
Supplemental Resources
Background Information
- Corn Ag Mag – download or request a set from DeKalb County Farm Bureau
- Corn Fact Sheet – important facts and a list of corn uses
- What can we get from an acre of corn? – products from an acre of DeKalb County field corn
- A Tale of Two Corns – fact sheet detailing the differences between field corn and sweet corn
- Kernels of Knowledge– resources to learn about growing field corn and playing BINGO
Worksheets
- It’s an Earful – crossword puzzle
- Parts of a Corn Plant – label the anatomy of a corn plant
- Corny Math – estimating kernels on an ear
Resource Kits (available from DeKalb County Farm Bureau)
- Corn Literacy Kit – a wealth of books and resources about corn
- Adventures Around the Farm – lessons and materials to teach about farming
- DeKalb County Agriculture – a kit focusing on farms and communities in our county
Lessons & Activities online
- Corn an A-maizing Plant: Food, Fuel, and Plastic
- Exploring Corn! – 42-page booklet of corn lessons
- Inherited Traits in the Living Corn Necklace
- Tassel to Table Chain – sequence the steps from field to cereal box
Books in your school library (donated to elementary schools in DeKalb County)
- Biofuels by David & Patricia Armentrout
- Corn by Elaine Landau
- Corn by Gail Gibbons
- Corn by Margaret Hall
- Corn: An A to Z Book by Susan Anderson & JoAnne Buggey
- *Corn in the Story of Agriculture by Susan Anderson & JoAnne Buggey
- *Corn Belt Harvest by Raymond Bial
- From Kernel to Corncob by Ellen Weiss
*Also available from Farm Bureau in sets for guided reading.
