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Let’s
Play Ball
Ag
in the Classroom Presentation
Supplemental
Resources
Vocabulary
– key terms students may hear during the presentation
Illinois
Learning Standards
– how It’s an Earful meets the standards
Background
Information
Why
you can’t enjoy a baseball game without farmers
– how game items come from farms
Baseball
and Agriculture
– poem about the connections between baseball and ag
Beef
Ag Mag
(download here
or request
a classroom set
from DeKalb County Farm Bureau)
Pork
Ag Mag
(download here
or request
a classroom set
from DeKalb County Farm Bureau)
Pizza
Ag Mag
(download here)
Trees
Ag Mag
(download here
or request
a classroom set
from DeKalb County Farm Bureau)
Soybean
Ag Mag
(download here
or request
a classroom set
from DeKalb County Farm Bureau)
Beef
By-Products Facts
– everyday items from cattle by-products
Worksheets
Agriculture
Connects to My Life! –
chart the farm origins of products used in one day
Lesson
Kits
(Available
as resource kits from DeKalb County Farm Bureau.)
Baseball
& Agriculture Charm
– make necklaces symbolizing baseball’s
connection to
farms
Illinois
mAGic Kit –
interdisciplinary kit with 36 lessons and needed supplies
Machines
mAGic Kit
– lessons and supplies on farm implements and simple
machines
Illinois
Agriculture Charm Kit
– make necklaces representing Illinois ag & state
symbols
Lessons
& Activities online
Illinois
Agriculture Charm
– make necklaces representing Illinois ag & state
symbols
America
the Bountiful
– learn the importance of U.S. agriculture, how states
and regions differ
Off
to Work
– agricultural jobs and how they touch our lives
What
If?
– supply & demand and the interdependence of farmers and
consumers
Books
in your school library
(Titles
donated to school libraries in DeKalb County)
A Hog Ate My
Homework!
by Gary Metivier
All Around the
Farm
by Heather Alexander
Biofuels
by David & Patricia Armentrout
Corn
Belt
Harvest by Raymond Bial
Fantastic Farm
Machines
by Cris Peterson
Harvest Year
by Cris Peterson
The Amazing Pig
(DVD) by Illinois
Pork Producers Association
The Super Soybean by
Raymond Bial
Links
Illinois
Ag in the Classroom
USDA Ag in the
Classroom
Utah
Ag in the Classroom
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