Renewable Energy
Check out ways agriculture contributes to renewable energy and reducing carbon emissions. Click here for more on ethanol.
Reading Materials & Ag-tivities
- PK – 2nd Grade
- 3rd – 5th grades
- Middle/High School
Videos
Wheat – from Field to Flour
Online Reading Materials
- Wheat Ag Mag
- AgVenture Worksheet – goes with Wheat Ag Mag
- Wheat Reader
- Wheat Facts for Little Readers
Ag-tivities
Wheat Recipes to Try
Wheat Videos
Let’s Get Poppin’
See what’s popping with Illinois’ official state snack – popcorn!
Popcorn Reading & Ag-tivities
- PK – 2nd Grade
- 3rd – 5th Grade
- Middle/High School
Visit popcorn.org for more great lessons, science experiments & ideas
Books to Read – set up a FREE account on www.openlibrary.org to read these online books for FREE! Or contact us to check out books from our AITC library!
Popcorn Videos
Job Post: Ag Literacy Coordinator
McLean County Fair is seeking to hire an Ag Literacy Coordinator to facilitate local Ag in the Classroom programming.
Click here for the job description & qualifications.
Resume & cover letter may be submitted for consideration by October 8, 2021 to swartz@mcleancountyfair.org
Ag is Essential!
Agriculture is all around us – providing food to eat, clothes to wear and so much more! McLean County (IL) teachers can request Ag is Essential activity kits for their classroom: Click here
Reading Materials
Learning Ag-tivities:
- PK – 2nd grade
- 3rd – 5th grade
- Barn Book “Zine” (2nd-3rd grade)
- Plot-A-Lot
- Ag is Everywhere Word Scramble
- Futures Farming
- 6th – 12th Grade
- Find more General Agriculture lessons here!
Books to Read – set up a FREE account on openlibrary.org to read these online books for FREE! Or contact us to check out hard copies of these or similar books.
- Farming by Gail Gibbons
- How Did That Get in My Lunchbox? by Christine Butterworth
Farming Videos