Ag in the Classroom: Middle School Edition

Grades 5-9

Teacher's Kit with 2 videos and lesson plans covering fast food, health, nutrition and careers in agriculture From Cabot Cheese.

Ag in the Classroom: Elementary School Edition

Grades PreK-6

Teacher's Kit with 2 videos and lesson plans covering nutrition, snacks and a trip to a dairy farm from Cabot Cheese.

Ag in the Classroom Cheese Rap

An 8-minute video for elementary school students on the production of cheese, Cabot Creamery.

Elements of Sustainable Agriculture

Grades 9-Adult

This 1 hour 51 minute video produced by Northeast Sustainable Ag. Research program shows a viable alternative to single commodity production for some family farms. It features 19 experienced farmers from Maine sharing valuable information.

Crazy About Corn Kit

Grades K-3

This kit with activity books, video, CD and cassett tape teaches students about corn history, nutritional value and impact on many cultures.

Take a Cook on the Wild Side

Grades 7-12

20-minute video, teacher's guide and assessment tools on the topic of Beef Safety, Nutrition and Preparation. Sponsored by The National Cattleman's Assn. in 1999.

Tractors, Cotton-pickers and the Stuff Kids Wear

Grades PreK-5

1995 Parent's Choice Award winning video teaches your students how their blue jeans came from a tiny cotton seed. Other natural fibers like silk and wool also shown. 30 minutes.

Tractors, Combines and things on the Grow

Grades PreK-5

1995 Parent's Choice Award winning video teaches your students the wonders of where food really comes from and how it ends up on the grocery shelves. 30 minutes.

Cotton's Journey

A kit which teaches about the growing and processing of cotton. Samples of seed, bolls, pictures and more. (Elementary)

Christmas Tree Education Kit

5 lessons on Christmas trees from the New York Christmas Tree Growers Assn., 1996

Wool: Farm to Fabric, Naturally

Kit with filmstrip & audio cassette, fiber, lessons and story of wool.

Math For Every Kid

Grades 3-7

Van Cleave, Janice. Wiley, 1991. Easy activities that make math fun.

P.O.R.K. Academy 2002—Swine Housing and Well Being, Stockmanship & Training

Grades 8-Adult

USDA produced video for the farm interested in adding swine or the student interested in swine.

P.O.R.K. Academy 2002—Swine Housing and Well Being, Practical Sow Housing System Design

Grades 8-Adult

USDA produced video for the farm interested in adding swine or the student interested in swine.

P.O.R.K. Academy 2002—Swine Housing and Well Being, Consumer Perspectives

Grades 8-Adult

USDA produced video for the farm interested in adding swine or the student interested in swine.

Shingles Made in Maine

Grades 8-Adult

The story of a successful family forestry industry with Maine shingle mills and citizens featured. 30 minute video from Maine Assn. Of Resource Conservation and Development.

The Paper Colony

Grades 8-Adult

A 27 minute documentary produced in 1996. This video touches on some of the important and controversial topics dealing with forestry in Maine.