Planning Guide – Elementary
A National FFA “Steps to Effective Advocacy” Planning Guide (Elementary) that walks agricultural education students and FFA members through the four-step Agricultural Literacy and Advocacy Model—plan, develop, do, and reflect—to conduct an agriculture advocacy activity. The guide centers on planning and conducting an Elementary Ag Day for younger students, featuring five rotating stations (animals, plants, agriculture safety, nutrition, and environment) plus reproducible resource handouts, surveys, timelines, SWOT analyses, and press release templates.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Students have an increased knowledge about agriculture from interactive experiences.
- Students have an increased knowledge of the processes in agriculture that produce food, fiber and natural resources.
- Station 1 (Animals): Identify food and products produced from livestock
- Station 2 (Plants): Identify seeds that produce plants we use; Understand the main parts of a seed and germination
- Station 3 (Agriculture Safety): Explain why safety is important for individuals involved in agriculture
- Station 4 (Agriculture and Nutrition): Understand the five food groups and their connection to agriculture
- Station 5 (Agriculture and the Environment): Understand how agriculture and the environment are connected; Identify the importance of soil and its properties in agriculture
- Grade level
- Elementary
- Materials
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- My Typical Day handout
- Animal Cards
- Product Cards
- Seeds and Germination handout
- Instructions for Bean in A Bag activity
- Clear plastic bag, paper towel, water, and 2-3 dried bean seeds (Bean in a Bag)
- Distance/Time conversion chart
- Timer and ruler (Reflex and Response activity)
- Cardstock, colors/colored pencils/markers, scissors, scotch tape, and popsicle sticks (High Five activity)
- Water bottles (8 oz), soda bottles (1 liter), knife, three types of soil, water, containers, and cloth (Soil Permeability activity)
- Survey (Resource Handout 8)
- Microsoft Excel sheet for survey results