The Agriculture Trunk uses state-approved curriculum standards developed for kindergarten through sixth grade students. Teaches students all about the top 10 agricultural commodities of California in a fun and interactive classroom presentation. Students will learn about farm animals, tools and machinery, and sustainable agricultural practices throughout California. Featured artifacts include toys, pictures, diagrams, miniature tractors, books, and actual agricultural product samples. Sponsored by: Napa County Farm Bureau AITC and The Jack L. Davies Napa Valley Agricultural Preservation Fund.
Ag Trunk Reservation Form
To schedule the Agriculture Trunk, please contact Pat Alexander at:
Napa Valley Museum, 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville CA 94599 | (707) 944-0500 ext. 106
CFAITC LESSON PLANS
Grades Title
K-12 Commodity and Natural Resource Fact/Activity Sheets
K-1 The Mysterious Plant
K-1 The Mysterious Plant Caper Spanish Student Worksheets
K-3 The Invaders
K-3 Tree to Table
2-3 Edible Plant Parts
2-3 Edible Plant Parts - Photographs
2-3 Where Does It Come From?
2-3 Where Does It Come From? - Slides
2-4 Simple and Complex Machines Used in Agriculture
2-4 What Do Plants Need to Grow?
2-4 What Do Plants Need to Grow? Spanish Worksheets
2-8 Edible Numbers
4-6 Fruits and Vegetables for Health
4-6 Invasion of the Medfly
4-6 What Are You Eating?
4-6 What’s Bugging You?
5-6 Counting On Cooperatives
5-6 Where’d You Get Those Genes?
5-8 How Much Is Too Much? How Little Is Too Little?
5-8 Plants With Nutrient Deficiencies - Slides
6-8 Starting All Over Again (The Cycles of Nature)
7-9 From Genes to Jeans
9-12 The Interrelationships of Soil, Water and Fertilizers and How They Affect Plant Growth
10-12 Genetic Engineering in Agriculture
10-12 The Chemistry of Fertilizers
OTHER LESSON PLANS AUTHOR
Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Educational Curriculum Balzac Communications
Farming is Food, Fiber, Flowers… and Fun! The Agricultural Network
Food, Land & People: Resources For Learning Food, Land & People
The Plant-n-Me Food, Land & People
Seed Surprises Food, Land & People
Fruits & Veggies Food, Land & People
Schoolground Caretakers Food, Land & People
Let's Celebrate Food, Land & People
Seasons Through the Year Food, Land & People
Tomatoes to Ketchup, Chickens to Omelettes Food, Land & People
We're Into Pumpkins Food, Land & People
Don't Use It All Up! Food, Land & People
Germ Busters Food, Land & People
Lunchtime Favorites Food, Land & People
Trash Bashing Food, Land & People
Root Root for Life Food, Land & People
Buzzy, Buzzy Bee Food, Land & People
From Apple Cores to Healthy Soil Food, Land & People
Perc Through the Pores Food, Land & People
Banking on Seeds Food, Land & People
"Could It Be Something They Ate?" Food, Land & People
Tree-mendous! Food, Land & People
Expression Connection Food, Land & People
Gala Fiesta Jamboree Food, Land & People
Investigating Insects Food, Land & People
Your Schoolground! Through New Eyes Food, Land & People
Gifts from the Sun Food, Land & People
Till We or Won't We? Food, Land & People
Breads Around the World Food, Land & People
By the Way Food, Land & People
Cleared for Takeoff! Food, Land & People
From Fiber to Fashion Food, Land & People
It All Starts with A Food, Land & People
Less Elbow Room Food, Land & People
Nail by Nail, Board by Board Food, Land & People
Step by Step Food, Land & People
What's the Shape of Your Diet? Food, Land & People
Calorie Counting Food, Land & People
To Whom It May Concern Food, Land & People
Almost Six Billion and Still Growing! Food, Land & People
Piecing Together Population Patterns Food, Land & People
Cows or Condos? Food, Land & People
Chewsy Choices Food, Land & People
Global Grocery Bags Food, Land & People
Feed the Need Food, Land & People
Sea to Shining Sea Food, Land & People
Soil's Not Trivial Food, Land & People
What Piece of the Pie? Food, Land & People
Why I Buy? Food, Land & People
Be Label Able! Food, Land & People
Mighty Macros Food, Land & People
Loco for Cocoa Food, Land & People
Go, Go H20! Food, Land & People
Managing Pests Food, Land & People
In Harmony Food, Land & People
Amazing Grazing Food, Land & People
Trading Favorites Food, Land & People
CFAITC ACTIVITIES
Grades Title
K-12 Science Fair and Lesson Ideas
K-12 There are Sunflowers at my School!
K-1 Wheat to Oodles of Noodles
K-2 A Garden Plot
K-3 Farming Equipment
K-3 Tomato Trivia
K-3 What Does A Farmer/Rancher Do?
3-8 Create-A-Hybrid
3-10 That Was Then, This Is Now
4-6 Running Across the U.S.A.
5-8 A "Sour" Subject
7-8 Agricultural Awareness Through Poetry
9-12 An Ag Interview
9-12 Water, Water Everywhere!
