Ag in the Classroom – Page 12 – McLean County Ag in the Classroom

Build a Tractor Contest

May 14, 2020 Anna Ziegler

Big or small – design and build a tractor using materials you can find around your house! You can use cardboard boxes, paper towels or toilet paper rolls, bottle caps, popsicle sticks, paint, markers or anything else you can find!

Submit a photo of your tractor by Thursday, May 21 to https://iaitc.co/tractor to have the chance to be entered in our statewide contest!

The Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom staff will choose the top 10 tractors and they will move on to the voting portion of the contest! Voting will begin on Sunday, May 24 and will go through Friday, May 29! The winner will receive a box of books and fun activities!

Click here for more fun tractor activities.

Ag in the Classroom

Dairy – From Moo To You

May 13, 2020 Anna Ziegler

Discover all things dairy from moo to you! Learn about dairy cows and all of the foods they provide including milk, cheese, yogurt and ice cream.

Dairy Ag in a Bag

McLean County (IL) teachers can request FREE Dairy ag mags and activity kits for their classroom: Click here

Dairy Ag-tivities & Online Reading Materials

PK – 2nd Grade
3rd – 5th Grade
- Dairy Ag Mag
  - Dairy AgVenture – Ag Mag Activity Sheet
- Making Cottage Cheese
- Ice Cream Experiments
- Milk Emulsion
- Make Milk “Plastic”
- Pizza Process
- Dairy Worksheet & Refrigerator Scavenger Hunt
6th – 8th Grade
Find even more Dairy Lessons here!

Dairy Recipes

Virtual Ag-tivities:

Adopt a Calf – open in the early Fall
In the Parlor – virtual learning space with videos & activities
Meet the Milk Makers – meet dairy farmers & tour their farms
Where is My Milk From?

Dairy Breeds

Books to Read – set up a FREE account on openlibrary.org to read these online books for FREE!

More Videos

Ag in the Classroom

Pizza Grows on the Farm

May 11, 2020 Anna Ziegler

Find out where your favorite pizza ingredients come from & learn about fractions with these fun hands-on pizza activities.

Pizza Ag in a Bag

McLean County (IL) teachers can request FREE ag mags and activity kits for their classroom: Click here

Reading Materials & Ag-tivities:

PK – 2nd Grade
- Pizza Facts for Little Readers
- Pizza in Real Time
- Pizza Starts on the Farm
- Make Mini Pizzas – find recipes for Bagel, English muffin or Tortilla pizzas
3rd – 5th Grade
Middle School/High School

Books to Read – set up a FREE account on openlibrary.org to read these online books for FREE!

Videos

Ag in the Classroom

Tractors & Technology

May 7, 2020 Anna Ziegler

Tractors help farmers do lots of different kinds of work on the farm. Build your own tractor and learn about simple machines with these fun activities!

Tractor Ag in a Bag

McLean County (IL) teachers can request Soybean ag mags and activity kits for their classroom: Click here

Reading Materials