Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
• Science/Agriculture
• Social Studies/Careers
Duration: 45 minutes
Description: Students will learn about the importance of farming and the responsibilities
that a farmer has. Students will plant bean seeds and monitor the growth of their plants for
six weeks.
Goals: Students will be able to explain how a farmer's job is different from that of a
businessman.
Objectives:
Affective Objectives:
1. The students will discuss what animals they would like to see if they were able to
visit a farm.
2. The students will discuss what farm grown foods they like most and why.
Psychomotor Objective:
1. Each student will plant a bean seed and monitor its growth for six weeks.
Materials:
• Down on the Funny Farm by Alastair Graham (illustrator) and Patrick E. King
• potting soil
• bean seeds
• styrofoam cups
• drawing paper and art materials (crayons, markers, paint, etc.)
• writing paper and pencils
Vocabulary:
Procedure:
Ask students what they know about farms and the job of a farmer. Explain that farmers do
more than take care of animals. They must also plant food and help produce dairy products
that we drink and eat. Read the story, Down on the Funny Farm. [This book is about all of
the animals you usually see on a farm. One day the farmer goes out to start his daily chores
only to discover that all of the animals are acting differently. The cow is acting like a
chicken, and the horse is on the roof acting like a rooster. The farmer has to get everything
back in order.]
After reading the story, discuss the events that took place in the book. Ask students to share
their comments. Discuss the differences between the jobs of a businessman and a farmer.
Ask, "What does a farmer wear to work? What does a businessman wear to work? What is
a farmer's main job? What are some things a businessman does?"
Inform students that they will get a chance to be "farmers" by planting bean seeds. Give
each student a styrofoam cup and a bean seed to plant. Over the next six weeks, students
will keep a daily journal to record information about their plants (how high the plant has
grown, illustrations of what the plant looks like, etc.) Students can take turns watering and
measuring the plants. After six weeks, students can take the plants home.
Assessment: Ask students to draw a picture of a farm, using any art materials that they
wish. Students will write a short story about a day on their farm.
Subject(s):
• Interdisciplinary
• Language Arts
• Arts/Visual Arts
Overview: Making an alphabet book on any topic is a fun learning experience for students
K-12. The idea can be used in many subjects.
Purpose: To help students learn a topic through research, drawing, and the production of a
finished product.
Objectives: As a result of this activity, the students will be very familiar with their topic
and will have used some thinking skills, research skills, art skills, and cooperative skills.
Additional Activities: Exchange pictures and have someone else list all the words with
that letter, make an index for the book, write authors of alphabet books, compare and
contrast alphabet books, present the finished books to the library and other classes, lower
grades share their books with upper grades, secondary students share their books with
elementary students if appropriate or with other classes, posters made by students instead of
a book, lists made by students for each letter and posted.