Education Resources & Lesson Plans

teamnutrition.usda.gov/educators.html​

An initiative of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service to support the Child Nutrition Programs through training and technical assistance for foodservice, nutrition education for children and their caregivers, and school and community support for healthy eating and physical activity.

fsnetoolkit.com/farm-to-school/nutrition-ed
fsnetoolkit.com

A wide variety of curricula used for Farm to School and nutrition education including: Growing Healthy Habits, ReFresh, Read for Health, Dig In, Market to Mealtime, Nutrition to Go.​​

maefonline.com 

MAEF offers many resources for teachers included Ag in the Classroom workshops, Mobile Science Labs, Farm-based curriculum, and Maryland Agriculture Showcase

agclassroom.org 

The National Agriculture in the Classroom offers an online searchable curriculum matrix designed to help educators locate high quality classroom materials and information to increase agricultural literacy for Pre-K -12th grade students.​

edibleschoolyard.org 

​Connects educators around the world to build and share a K-12 edible education curriculum.​

growing-minds.org/lesson-plans-landing-page/

Farm to school activities that incorporate both National and North Carolina State curriculum standards.​

food-hub.org

​Farm to School Lessons for All Ages​

islandgrownschools.org/curriculum

​A searchable database of lessons for grades pre-K through 12. Lessons are sortable by grade, season, unit, and learning standards.​

www.ecoliteracy.org/resources​

A collection of books, lessons, guides, recipes, videos, and other tools to support ecological education.​

ambassador.maca.org/teachers
ambassador.maca.org/teachers/coloring-pages-k-3

CropLife Ambassador Network’s mission is to provide scientifically based, accurate information to the public regarding the safety and value of American agricultural food production. Their website has teaching resources, lesson plans, and provides guest speakers for grades 4-6 and coloring pages for K-3. ​

​baybackpack.com/
baybackpack.com/topics/agriculture

Bay Backpack is an online resource that supports hands-on environmental learning. By providing educators with information about funding opportunities, field studies, and curriculum guides and lesson plans related to the Chesapeake Bay, Bay Backpack helps educators find the tools they need to give their students Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences, or MWEEs. Agriculture-related lessons can be found under “Land use and Agriculture” and emphasize the relationship between agriculture and the environment.​

www.discoveryeducation.com/Events/virtual-field-trips/explore/by-theme/food-and-agriculture.cfm​​

Take your students beyond the classroom walls and into some of the world's most iconic locations for rich and immersive learning experiences — no permission slips required, Tour the National Archives, see how an egg farm works, explore NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, or hear from the President of the United States. Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips are fun, educational, and free!

www.ecoliteracy.org/download/starting-soil​

A new app from the Center for Ecoliteracy and Whole Kids Foundation offers a playful, visually rich way to help kids understand that soil is a living system full of fascinating relationships.

www.americasheartland.org/video/video_segments.htm

America’s Heartland provides short, educational video segments and worksheets for students to follow along in their Educational Teachers section​. Teachers can use these videos and worksheets to explore food and agriculture subjects further.

• Harvesting Knowledge: For video segments about fruits and vegetables as raw products
• Off the Shelf: For video segments about foods that require some type of processing
• Working the Land: For video segments about agriculture, food, and environment careers
• Fast Facts about Food: For video segments about nutrition topics