Introduction
This is a WebQuest to learn about modern farming and agriculture in America!
Can you imagine a life without pizza? Can you imagine a closet without jeans or comfy cotton sweatshirts? Have you ever wondered what life would be like without chicken nuggets? What about life without milkshakes and ice cream?
If you had trouble imagining your life without any of these things, then you should thank a farmer!
You are going to learn about different types of farming that all contribute to the big word 'Agriculture'. Learning about farms includes learning about farmers!
Put your boots on boys and girls because we are about to stomp through and informational journey about agriculture!
Task
Like farmers have jobs to do, you have a job to do!
Your job is to explore this WebQuest and pick out information that you think is important about agriculture and farmers. The pieces of information you decide to take notes on should be things that you don not want your classmates to forget! This information should be of interest to you too!
You will record (3) facts from this WebQuest. On a sheet you will list the numbers 1 through 3. It is important to leave enough room to write in between each number!
After you have recorded the facts you want others to know, you will then create questions out of them.
For example,
1. FACT: A dairy farmer raises cows that make milk.
QUESTION: What does a dairy farmer do?
2. FACT: The kind of soil (dirt) in an area determines what kind of crops a farmer will grow.
QUESTION: Does it matter what kind of soil is on a farm?
3. FACT: Farmers use chemicals to kill insects.
QUESTION: What do farmers use to kill insects?
SEE! It isn't so bad! If you find information that interests you, the questions will not be hard to create.
These questions will be collected and combined with all of your classmates questions! Then we will take a digital quiz (Kahoot!) to see who was a true WebQuest explorer!
Process
You have been given a job to complete! Use the examples as a guide if you need to.
Put your puts on and get to exploring the websites below!
What is Agriculture?
https://school-eb-com.scsl.idm.oclc.org/levels/elementary/article/agriculture/352715
What is a farmer?
https://school-eb-com.scsl.idm.oclc.org/levels/elementary/article/farmer/611082
Facts about Farming
https://www.factmonster.com/dk/encyclopedia/earth/farming#id2818934
Diary Farming
https://www.aipl.arsusda.gov/kc/kcindex.html
Types of Farming
Evaluation
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Score | |
| 3 Facts | No facts are written | At least one fact is written | At least two facts are written | Three facts written | |
| 3 Questions | No Questions are written | One Question written | Two questions written | Three questions written | |
| Participation | Student was not on task and did not participate in class. | Student had trouble staying on task. | Student participated but was off task at least 2 times. | Student participated and was on task the entire time. |
Conclusion
After exploring all of the information, did you learn anything new? Think about what kind of farm you would like to visit. Does this new information make you think differently about how your food arrived at your table?
Since you are becoming an expert on agriculture and farmers, you can research further!
Check out these books below!
We're Going to the Farmer's Market by Stefan Page
Before We Eat: From Farm to Table by Mary Azarian and Pat Brisson
Fantastic Farm Machines by Cris Peterson
Credits
Used as a guide: