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2022-2023 Focus Areas
September
Introduction to Agriculture
October
Farm to School
November
Native American Heritage and Thanksgiving
- K-2 Lesson: Farming in a Glove
- 3-5 Lesson: Wild Rice
- 6-8 Lesson: The Geography of Thanksgiving Dinner
- 9-12 Lesson: The Geography of Thanksgiving Dinner
- Virtual Field Trip: Turkey Farm 11/22 10 am
- AgMag 2: The Tools We Use - Wild Rice
- AgMag 3: Tracking a Turkey
- AgMag 4: Farming Across Minnesota
- AgMag 4: Meet the Farmer
- AgMag 6: Sharing Culture Through Food
December
Our Favorite Foods
- K-2 Lesson: Little Red Hen
- 3-5 Lesson: Cheesemaking: From Liquid to Solid
- 6-8 Lesson: Apple Genetics: A Tasty Phenomena
- 9-12 Lesson: A Tale of Two Burgers: Beef and Plant-based Protein
- Virtual Field Trip
- December 6th Professional Development
- AgMag K: Wheat from Field to You!
- AgMag 1: Moo to You
- AgMag 1: Farmers Make Great Pizza
- AgMag 2: The Food We Eat
- AgMag 2: Corn and Soybeans: Healthy Food
- AgMag 4: Science in Agriculture: Potatoes
- AgMag 5: Milk and the Problem Solving Dairy Cow
- AgMag 6: Sharing Culture Through Food
January
Engineering in Agriculture
- K-2 Lesson: Pigs on the Farm
- 3-5 Lesson: Farming for Energy
- 6-8 Lesson: Hen House Engineering
- 9-12 Lesson: The Science of Bioengineering
- Virtual Field Trip: January 20, 2023, Christensen Farms Pig Research Farm
- AgMag 1: Farm Equipment, Old and New
- AgMag 2: Winter Growing
- AgMag 3: Agricultural Inventions
- AgMag 4: Homegrown Energy
- AgMag 5: Hydroponic Farms
- AgMag 6: Agriculture and Water
- 6-12 Resources
February
I Love to Read Month
- K-2 Lesson: Minnesota Apple Pie
- K-2 Featured Book: How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
- 3-5 Lesson: Full of Beans: Henry Food Grows a Car
- 3-5 Featured Book: Full of Beans: Henry Ford Grows a Car
- 6-12 Lesson: The Columbian Exchange of Old and New World Foods
- 6-12 Featured Book: The Story of Food
- 9-12 Lesson: Global Food Security
- 9-12 Featured Book: Hungry Planet Farm and Food Book Week
- K-8 Professional Development, February 7, 2023
- 9-12 Global Food Security in the Classroom Webinar, February 6
March
Fiber
April
Spring Planting
- K-2 Lesson: Growing Plants in Science and Literature: More than an Empty Pot
- 3-5 Lesson: Desktop Greenhouses
- 6-12 Lesson: Plant Propagation
- 9-12 Lesson: Earth's Land and Soil Resources
- Professional Development, April 4, 2023
- Virtual Field Trip
- AgMag 2: Winter Growing
- AgMag 3: Plant Families
- AgMag 4: Farming Across Minnesota
- AgMag 5: Hydroponic Farms
- AgMag 6: Farmers Taking Care of Natural Resources
May
Minnesota Grown
- K-2 Lesson: coming soon
- 3-5 Lesson: coming soon
- 6-12 Lesson: coming soon
- Virtual Field Trip
- AgMag Connections