Links

Links

Agriculture Websites to checkout:

South Dakota Department of Agriculture
www.state.sd.us/doa/doa.html

National AITC Kids Corner
www.agclassroom.org/kidscorn/index.htm

Soil-Smart Worm Slithers onto Natural Resources Conservation Service Web Site: www.nhq.nrcs.usda.gov/CCS/squirm/skworm.html
S.K. Worm, the official annelid, or worm, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is now answering questions about soil on the NRCS web site. At this fun site for kids, teachers, and just about anybody, S.K., which stands for Scientific Knowledge, guides visitors through 13 cartoon-bedecked facts about soil.
S.K. Worm's job is to help make visitors to the site naturally resourceful about natural resources and have a worm's eye view of that wonderful stuff called soil. Those who tour the site can print out a certificate that notes their new knowledge of soil basics and proclaims them to be honorary worms. This web site may be entered through the NRCS home page at www.nrcs.usda.gov or by using the URL listed above.

South Dakota Beef Industry Council: www.sdbeef.org
For oodles of FREE educational materials (including videos), news releases, kids site links, recipes, Ag Venture schedule, information about the SD beef industry and its check-off funded projects, etc....Check out this site. More resources are also available through the links page.

National Honey Board: www.nhb.org
Facts and fun for kids which include honey bee facts, honey trivia, honey history, honey glossary, recipes, honey games & University of Montana's Kids Corner.

What is a Pizza Farm? www.pizzafarm.org/
The pizza farm is circular (like a pizza) and is divided into eight triangular "slices" (like pizza) and is growing (or grazing) all the different ingredients used to make a farm fresh pizza, recipe included.

United States Department of Agriculture: www.usda.gov
news & information covering the following: ag events/speakers; disaster assistance; domestic assistance; home gardening; weather; budget summary; farm bill; civil rights; how to get information; USDA news releases; speeches; agency latest report.

National Corn Growers Association: www.ncga.com/10korn/page10.html
has information about the corn industry. Has an excellent Korn for Kidz link which takes you to the Ohio Kids Corner which has interesting facts for students, teachers guide, games and experiments - making bio-degradable plastics and how seed grow in different soils.

Farm Safety 4 Just Kids: www.fs4jk.org
Kids & parent site. The kids site has several sections: Dr. Danger, Picture Book, Sign Up!, Safety Tip, Quiz & an extensive game section which doesn't have to do with farm safety but just loads of group or individual games.

Dole 5 A Day Home Page: www.dole5aday.com
Lots of fun nutritional information and games at this sight. Also lots of recipes, etc. Several songs with lyrics you can use in your classroom to encourage students to eat five servings of fruit and vegetables. Have a free CD for schools that you can sign up for or write for. Also have a cyber class where schools share how they are encouraging students to eat 5 a day. Fun site and lots to do.

National Pork Producers Council: www.nppc.org/foodfun.html
Visit the Food Fun For Kids Web Site for fun, educational activities. There is something for everyone - kids, parents & teachers. Enjoy an expedition to climb the Food Guide Pyramid; a food adventure to far away countries through a magical kitchen pantry; a tour of a hog farm to see where pork comes from: a section of fun, kid-friendly pork recipes; interactive lesson plans for 4-6 grade educator.

CowTown America (National Cattlemen's Beef Assoc.): www.beef.org
Get facts & figures; beef recipes, diaries of cattle families; photo & clipart and links to other ag web sites. The diaries of the cattle families are kept monthly and your students can learn about cattle ranching in other areas of the country.

Wheat Foods Council: www.wheatfoods.org
Nutritional information is available at this site. The Grains Nutrition Resource Center is your source for a wealth of information. Download handouts or a quiz to share with your students, order nutritional materials.

Welcome to the Information Dirt Road: The 4-H Farm at the University of California, Irvine: www.ics.uci.edu/~pazzani/4H/
Photographs of 4-H'ers with their projects and detailed, reader-friendly information on goats, horses, poultry, rabbits, sheep, swine, and veal calves. Pictures and sounds enhance that information on this page. This site is excellent!! Find out all information about farm animals.

Dairy Council of the Upper Midwest: www.familyfoodzone.com
Interactive website for moms and caregivers of kids ages 3-11. Offers valuable nutrition information on topics such as the Food Guide Pyramid, calcium and growth, kids cooking, picky eaters, snacking and a refrigerator art contest.

The Goat Web: www.goatweb.com
Everything you want to know about goats, including the parts of a goat, information on goat breeds, a history of goats, even goat jokes and riddles.

That Milk Thing: www.thatmilkthing.com/
Information, activities and games about milk.

The Digestive System: www.aps.uoguelph.ca/swatland/html/ch1.1.html
Background information about the digestion processes of both monogastric and ruminant animals. While it is mostly textual information, this site also provides some very good photographs of different parts of the digestive system.

Oklahoma Ag In The Classroom: www.okstate.edu/OSU_Ag/agedcm4h/fourh/agclass.htm
Check out this web-site to gather educational ideas to incorporate ag in your classroom. (Search for other Ag In The Classrooms - Utah has lesson plans on theirs.)

Plant Watch: www.devonian.ualberta.ca/pwatch
Students and educators are invited to join a phonology study that involves students as researchers in tracking the green wave of spring. Students observe selected plants in their regions and report bloom times to scientists via the Internet. For more information call 403-987-5455, e-mail: ebeaubien@ualberta.ca

Mouse Ear, Oak Tree Project: www.galstar.com/~bowen/mouseearhome.html
Schools from all over the world that have oak trees and frost are invited to join in testing the folk saying, "When the leaves on the oak tree are as big as a mouse's ear, there will be no more frost." To find out more about this exciting project, go to the web site or e-mail the eighth grade teacher/project director Dr. Bill Owen bowen@galstar.com

Journey North Tulip Project: www.learner.org/jnorth/www/critters/tulip
Through this exemplary project, students can measure spring's northward journey by growing tulips and exchanging data with classrooms around the country. It includes extensive background information and instructional ideas as well as a classroom phonology exchange program.

The Mushroom Council: www.mushroomcouncil.com
Mushrooms are good to eat and they are good for you. Enter this web site to find out more about this unique vegetable. Check out the "Educator's Corner" to order "Mushroom Quest: for activities using the fungi to expand learning experiences across the curriculum.

Japanese Pizza Site: www.oakland.edu/~mdchachi/jpizza.html
This website gives students first hand experience in learning about other cultures. Pizza can be enjoyed by many cultures, with different toppings. this website shows how Japanese enjoy their pizzas.

TeachFree: www.teachfree.com
TeachFree is especially for pre-school through 12th grade educators looking for high-quality supplemental classroom kits. Get free educational kits if you teach at a public or private school (we can't extend this offer to home-based) within the grade level(s) and curriculum level(s) designated for individual kits - no shipping or handling fees. Every kit is top-quality, four color and peer-reviewed by teachers. Most kits are even written by teachers! You will find the graphics and design extremely well done, and printed on sturdy stock. While teaching important skills in language arts, social studies, math, science and family living/consumer affairs, most kits contain invaluable information on health and nutrition, based on science.

Science In Your Shopping Cart: www.ars.usda.gov/is/np/siysc.htm
As the main in-house research arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Agricultural Research Service is involved in research projects to help ensure a safe and abundant source four our food, clothing, and shelter. This web site offers information about agricultural research that touches and improves our lives in the United States. "Carrots, Onion, Garlic, Cukes," "Starch That Slurps," and "The Rescue of Penicillin" are just a few of the topics covered in this web site.

Welcome to Sci4Kids: www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids
Sci4Kids is an e-zime -- an online series of stories -- about what scientists do at the Agricultural Research Service. Geared to kids about 8-13 years old, Sci4Kids is produced by the ARS Information Staff in Beltsville, Maryland. Whatever your interest in science, Sci4Kids will help you find out that it can be fun as well as informative. And Sci4Kids will help you see that science is not something far away in a laboratory; it's wired right into your daily life -- to the food you eat, the clothes you wear, the water you drink.

George Washington: Pioneer Farmer: www.mountvernon.org/pioneer/
This is a good site for students to learn about the history of agriculture and how George Washington really became the first resourceful farmer in the new America. Students will learn about the new crops George Washington grew and some of his inventions.

Kids Farm: Farm Animals: www.kidsfarm.com/farm/htm
Fun, kid-friendly site with lots of photos and information about a variety of farm animals -- horses, sheep, goats, chickens, even the dogs that help out by herding cattle.

Oklahoma Animal Science Livestock Breeds: www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/
Everything you could possibly want to know about farm animals.

NASA website where children make maps: spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov

Website for Teaching and Learning Resources: www.ed.gov/free/
Hundreds of federal resources for teaching and learning can now be found at one web site. A search of the web site produces dozens of resources for teaching and learning from more than 35 federal agencies. Thousands of topics can be searched -- Civil War, the Constitution, photosynthesis, condensation, immigration, etc. Resources can be viewed in 10 subject areas.

Ag In The Classroom: www.agclassroom.org
This national website has links to all of the programs across the country! You can access a wealth of information.

Florida Agriculture & Ag In The Classroom: www.fl-ag.com/PlanetAg
EXCELLENT SITE! Information about the importance of agriculture to our nation and the world. All sorts of great ideas for creating interesting science fair projects. Information about careers in agriculture science, with helpful suggestions about which courses to take in high school and college. Links to lots of other ag science websites. A must see!!

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