Lesson Plans

If you need assistance in finding an activity or demonstration that fits with a particular standard or subject please email our Education Department.

Additional lesson plans can also be found on the Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom website at www.ksagclassroom.org

• BASICS OF ELECTRICITY
• GRADES K-2 READING: SCHEDULES, DIRECTIONS, AND LISTS
• K-3 LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: INTERVIEWING
• GRADES K-3 MAP READING: LOCATING SITES
• GRADES K-3 READING COMPREHENSION - CHARLOTTE'S WEB
• GRADES 2-3 INSECTS
• GRADES 2-3 DISCOVERING INSECTS
• GRADES 2-3 MANAGING MONEY: PURCHASING LUNCH
• GRADES 2-3 READING AND SCIENCE: STUDYING FARM ANIMALS IN DETAIL
• GRADES 3-4 SOCIAL STUDIES SCIENCE
• GRADES 3-5 LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• GRADES 3-5 MATH
• GRADES 3-5 READING
• GRADES 3-5 READING SARAH PLAIN AND TALL
• GRADES 3-5 SOCIAL STUDIES
• GRADES 3-5 SCIENCE
• GRADES 3-5 MATH
• GRADES 4-6 BASICS OF ELECTRICITY
• GRADES 5-6 SCIENCE
• GRADES 5-12 ENERGY EXPO TRANSPORTATION

According to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Kansas beef cattle industry is ranked the third largest in the United States, boasting 6.45 million head in 2020. Beef is a sustainable, important source of protein required by the human body for brain function, building muscle and creating antibodies our immune system needs to protect us from illness. When processed, sixty percent of the cow is used for select meat cuts or hamburger, while the other 40% is rendered into by-products. Every aspect of the cow is used in everyday products from paint brushes to to insulin.
The Education Center boasts a Beef Cattle display that shows what they eat, meat cuts and many of the by-products of cattle. In the Prairie Pavilion (Beef Barn), students can also view different breeds of cattle and depending on the time, a Breed show.