Ag in a Bag Activity Kits
Check out our featured Fall Ag in a Bag Activity kits!
And many more to explore! Click here to see them all!
Author: Anna Ziegler
Ag Science Grants Available
Looking to add some hands-on learning to your classroom? Check out the Ag Science Grants from McLean County Farm Bureau Foundation!
Apply for funding to purchase one of the suggested learning kits or create your own project related to the science of food and farming.
Find details & the online application at www.mcfb.org/grants
Application deadline is February 21, 2025.
National Ag Day
Do you know where your food comes from? Most of it starts on an American farm! The U.S. is the world’s top food exporter.
National Ag Day is March 19, 2024
National Ag Day celebrates all things agriculture & the people who grow food, feed, fuel & fiber. Visit agday.org to learn more.
Reading Materials
Learning Ag-tivities:
- PK – 2nd grade
- 3rd – 5th grade
- Barn Book “Zine” (2nd-3rd grade)
- Ag is Everywhere Word Scramble
- 6th – 12th Grade
Chicks: Hatching Hands on Learning
Check out these egg-cellent learning activities all about poultry!
McLean County (IL) teachers can McLean County (IL) teachers can request ag mags and poultry activity kits for their classroom: Click here or find out how to participate in the Chick it Out program to hatch chicks in your classroom!
Illinois Eggs in the Classroom: Daily videos for 21-day incubation
Reading Materials & Ag-tivities:
- PK – 2nd Grade
- 3rd – 5th Grade
- Poultry Ag Mag
- Ag-Venture Activity Sheet – goes with Poultry Ag Mag
- University of IL Embryology worksheets (with answer keys)
- Egg-Cellent Embryology – shows daily development inside the egg, can be cut out & put inside plastic eggs or you can just put them in order from Day 1 – 21
- Egg Laying Cycle Poster
- Eggology – egg worksheets & parts of an egg book
- Bird Beak Lab
- Poultry Ag Mag
- Middle/High School
- Find many more Poultry Lessons here!
Animation of Chick Development
Books to Read – set up a FREE account on openlibrary.org to read these online books for FREE!
Spring Ag in a Bags
Check out our featured Spring Ag in a Bag Activity kits!
And many more to explore! Click here to see them all!