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Agmag Grade 1 Lessons and Activity Ideas

Lesson Ideas

Animal Life Cycles

This lesson introduces students to six major livestock species, teaches that animals need air, space, food, water, and shelter to survive, and introduces students to the life cycle of a farm animal.

Animal or Plant?

Students will learn about the sources of different foods by differentiating between foods originating from plants and foods originating from animals.

Farm Animal Match

Students will match farm animals with their young, learn the terminology for males, females, and baby animals, identify the products each farm animal produces, and learn basic facts about how animals are cared for on a farm.

Who Grew My Soup?

Students will identify the source of the food they eat and investigate the processes and people involved in getting food from the farm to their spoon.

Additional MAITC Resources


AgK - Plant Animal or Both
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