Resources on local food production, including fruit and vegetable production strategies, pest management, marketing, food safety, horticulture budgets, and regulations.
Concise lesson plan template asking for the 'essential question', objectives, interest approach, content/procedure/activity, and closure/check for understanding. Developed by Matt Kriefels.
This lesson which nutrients plants need, how they are classified into macro- and micronutrients, and identifying plant nutrition in a crop field. Lesson and activity from Nebraska CASE Soybean Curriculum.
Students determine the necessity of water on plant survival and growth, consider varying needs for water throughout a plant’s growing season, and describe what happens to the plant when water is plentiful and when water is scarce. Lesson plan and activity from Nebraska CASE Soybean Curriculum.
This lesson explains the way pH can influence nutrient uptake and absorption in plants, and includes a lab activity to test soil samples. Lesson and activity from Nebraska CASE Soybean Curriculum.