The Arizona Farm Bureau Agriculture in the Classroom Program offers Curriculum Kits to teachers free of charge. Teachers can check out kits for 2 weeks or have a volunteer come and teach specific lessons from the kit in a day short course or hour presentation. The kits contain lessons and materials to complete the lessons for a classroom of 30 students. All lessons are aligned to the Arizona State Learning Standards. Lessons are a compilation of Arizona Farm Bureau lessons and lessons used by Ag in the CLassroom Programs across the Country.

• Apples
• Arizona Five Cs
• Arizona Fruits & Veggies
• Cattle
• Cotton
• Dairy
• Equine Kit
• Poultry 
• Pumpkins
• Sheep
   

Discover the wonders of pumpkins. The Pumpkin Kit contains posters, books, hands-on activities, recipes, and fascinating pumpkin facts. Teach your students the life cycle of a pumpkin through the pumpkin chain craft or experience the taste of pumpkin through Pumpkin Pie in a Ziploc Bag.

Apples (grades K-3) 

How do apples grow? Where do all those varieties of apples come from? Learn the answers to these questions and so much more! Take an inside look at apples and their history. The apples kit includes hands-on activities and games, things to make things to eat, videos, posters, and books.

Cattle (grades K-6)

Students will learn the history of the cattle industry in Arizona and the U.S. Students will be introduced to Arizona Brands, Cattle Breeds, and the many bi-products of cattle. The Beautiful Bovine will  help students recognize the differences between humans and cattle and help them understand the digestive system of cattle. Students will view American Heartland's video on an Arizona Ranching Family.

Arizona Five Cs  (grades 4 &5)

Students will uncover the history of Arizona through Cattle, Cotton, Citrus, Copper and Climate. Students will get up close and personal with some of Arizona's agricultural producers and learn the many by-products of these agricultural commodities.

Arizona Fruits & Veggies (grades K-3)

Students will discover the difference between a fruit and a vegetable and learn how many different fruits and vegetables are grown in Arizona. Students will learn about our edible world, match seeds to their finished product and learn if fruits and veggies sink and why.

Yuma Produce: From Field to Fork (video)
Meet the Farmers Supplying Your Fresh Veggies
AZ Rousseau Farms Teaches About Baby Carrots
A New Beginning (video)
Efficient Use of Water (video)

Dairy (Grades K-6)

Students will learn that the Arizona Dairy Industry ranks 2nd in dairy herd size in the United States. Lessons will show students some of the technology that allows Arizona dairymen to care for, house and milk so many cows. Students will use science skills to make ice cream and cottage cheese!

Sheep (Grades K-6)

Students will learn the history of the sheep industry in Arizona and follow the historic sheep trail. Wool samples will provide unique hands-on lessons. Students will participate in hands-on activitie that will help them distinguish between cotton and wool.

Cotton  (grades K-6)

Students will uncover interesting facts about U.S Cotton production throughout exercises and hands-on experiments. They’ll learn the history of cotton in Arizona and Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin. Students are given the opportunity to hand gin cotton, grow their own cotton, experiment with the flammability of different fabrics, and create the Cotton Life Cycle Chain. Students will also learn about all of the different products they use that contain cotton.

An Arizona Cotton Harvest (video)
Value Added: Cotton Wreaths (video)


Poultry (Grades K-6)

Students will uncover interesting facts about U.S poultry production through excercises and hands-on experiments. They will learn about Arizona's only commercial egg producing company: Hickman's Family Farms. Students will also experience embryology first hand by hatching chicks with the incubator included with this kit. 

The Journey of my Eggcellent Egg (video)
The Hickman Family Farm Story (video)
Hickman Chicks Highlight American Ag's Importance (video)
Different Production Methods for Laying Hens (video)


Equine Kit (Grades K-6)

Students will learn the history of the equine industry in Arizona. They will discover the origin of the phrase horsepower and the role of the horse in agriculture. Horse shoes, grooming supplies, videos, and books will accompany lessons that give a fun twist to math, science, social studies and Language Arts. 

Sergeant Reckless- Korean War Horse (video)
America's Heartland: Equine Vet (video)
Horse Shoe School (video)

Contact:

Katie Aikins 480-635-3608 aitc@azfb.org

• Call today to reserve your curriculum kit or schedule your classroom presentation today!