1.3 Lots More From Agriculture
This upper elementary lesson, “Lots More from Agriculture” (Unit 1: Production Agriculture), teaches students that agriculture produces far more than food and clothing. Students learn to define “byproduct” and identify everyday new-use agricultural products and byproducts through a guided discussion and a classroom scavenger hunt using an accompanying activity sheet.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define byproduct.
- Identify new-use agriculture products and agricultural byproducts they use every day.
- Time required
- 50 minutes
- Grade level
- Upper elementary
- Materials
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- Writing surface
- Copies of Activity Sheet 5:1
- Access to byproducts in or near the classroom
- Small reward for scavenger hunt completion
- Key Term(s)
- Byproduct