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The Purple Plow engages students in creating solutions for real-world, complex issues related to agriculture.
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Downloadable activities and lesson plans about agriculture and links to more agricultural education materials.
Purple Plow Challenge
One Hour Puzzlers
If you don't have time for the full Purple Plow Challenge activities, these one hour activities are an excellent alternative. Sharpen critical and creative thinking through ag-related hands on STEM activities.
National Agricultural Literacy Lessons - eLearning Box
9th - 12th Grade
This middle school unit covering ecosystems, animal behavior and symbiosis was developed through the Storyline approach. Middle school students will be figuring out why prairie chickens have a very unique dance and understand the role cows play to help ensure the dance takes place. Using this approach, students engage in science concepts to help ensure the survival of the prairie chicken.
In this high school Storyline unit on genetics and heredity, students are introduced to ‘SuperCows’. As they explore the vast variety of cattle breeds, students discover that cattle are specialized for different purposes and while similar, the ‘SuperCows’ are clearly unique. Students wonder what caused this diversity and specificity which leads to investigations about the role of inheritance, DNA and proteins.