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!
Category: Ag in the Classroom
Strawberries
Learn more about strawberries these ag-tivities!
McLean County (IL) teachers can request FREE ag mags and activity kits for their classroom: Click here
Reading Materials:
Ag-tivities:
Books to Read – Contact us to check out books from our McLean AITC library!
- I Love Strawberries by Shannon Anderson
- A Berry Good Project by Rick Henningfeld
Videos
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)
- Countdown to the Hatch – 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
- Poultry Ag Mag
- Middle/High School
Animation of Chick Development
Books to Read – set up a FREE account on openlibrary.org to read these online books for FREE!
For the Love for Agriculture
From Chocolate to Flowers, check out these Valentine’s Day connections to agriculture!
Chocolate:
- Chocolate History – from Florida AITC
Flowers:
- Color Changing Carnations – Museum of Science & Industry
- Cut Flower Fact Sheet – from California AITC
- Parts of a Flower Origami or Video
- Flower Diagram & Dissection Handouts
Videos
From Farm to Football
Learn more about the farm to football connection with these ag-tivities!
McLean County (IL) teachers can request FREE ag mags and activity kits for their classroom: Click here
Reading Materials:
Ag-tivities:
Books to Read – set up a FREE account on openlibrary.org to check out these books online! Or contact us to check out hard copies from our McLean AITC library!
- Football How It Works by Agnieszka Biskup
- Eyewitness Books: Football by James Buckley Jr
- T is for Touchdown by Brad Herzog
- Corn by Gail Gibbons
Pro Football Hall of Fame Virtual Field Trip
Football Videos