Looking for virtual classroom resources? We’ve got a lot of great curriculum on our site, and we’ve adapted things to make them virtual user-friendly! You can find links to curriculum—student and teacher documents—below. Also, take a look around the site….we have digital resources that can help students understand some additional background, too.
Growing Ohio
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Calculating growing degree days (GDDs)
What role does temperature play in corn production?
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Corn field math
How much corn can one acre grow?
Student document • Teacher document
Soil & sustainability
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Soil texture labtivity
What is soil composed of? How can you separate its components to find out?
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Agricultural system
Using the sketchpad app on iPad or a blank sheet of paper, students draw a system diagram. Illustrate what you know about inputs, outputs, storages, and flows. (This could be used as a pre-assessment before a unit on agriculture is taught.)
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Soil texture (special virtual classroom version)
Students determine soil texture by feel and percentage.
Student document
Feeding the world
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Population rates
Students graph the increasing populations by billions over time.
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Population age structures
What is an age structure diagram? How does age structure affect population growth? Why is this important in food production?
Student document • Teacher document
Biotechnology
- Punnett squares
Predict results of a hybrid cross.
Student document • Teacher document
Water quality
- Can you ID?
How can living organisms help to determine water quality?
Student document • Teacher document