Search this site

Our Mission

To share out knowledge of agriculatural practices with the public, to raise and grow quality natural products for public consumption, and to contribute to the preservation of a vital rural life community for future generations.
Tours‎ > ‎Teacher Resources‎ > ‎

Before and After Tour Activities

All tours

Before

  • Discuss safety issues relevant to walking on a farm (link to safety information)
  • Plan for appropriate dress for being outdoors on a farm

Pre-K and K-1    Meet the Farm and Plants and Animals

Before

  • Match images and names of common farm animals and food plants
  • Use superlatives to compare animal sizes
  • Plant some seeds to watch them grow

After

  • Draw pictures to show how a food changes appearance from the garden to the table
  • Write something new learned on the farm about a plant or animal
  • Play charades about things you saw or did on the farm
  • Download and printout our coloring pages and discuss the differences in our farm animals

2-3    Soils, Cycles and Seasons

Before

  • Create a Know, Want to Know and Learned (KWL) chart before the tour (Three columns on a large piece of paper where students list what they KNOW, WANT TO KNOW, and last column for after the tour for what they LEARNED)
  • Discuss what is in different types of soil
  • Create wheels charts to show plant and animal cycles

After

  • Complete KWL chart from above
  • Draw pictures to show how a food changes appearance from the garden to the table
  • Write something new learned on the farm about a plant or animal

4-5    Walk Back in Time

Before

  • Create a KWL chart before the tour (Three columns on a large piece of paper where students list what they KNOW, WANT TO KNOW, and last column for after the tour for what they LEARNED)
  • Review basic periods of time from Native Americans to Modern including Colonial, Civil War, and Industrial Revolution (when farmers began using machines)
  • Discuss changes from one period to another: clothing, houses, transportation, entertainment, etc.

After

  • Complete KWL chart from above
  • Create a map of the tour to identify each period of time presented (hint: there were at least six)
  • Explore forms of transportation from various periods of time

18th Century

Before

  • Create a KWL chart before the tour (Three columns on a large piece of paper where students list what they KNOW, WANT TO KNOW, and last column for after the tour for what they LEARNED)
  • Create a list of items needed to move to a new home in Colonial America keeping in mind that there are no houses or stores where they are going.
  • Research period clothing, homes and furnishing, activities.

After

  • Complete KWL chart from above
  • Research a game or skill from the period to present in detail to the class
  • Discuss what the settlers did to make them so successful. Include such ideas and making what they needed, recycling, and willingness to change.

Sign in|Report Abuse|Print Page|Remove Access|Powered By Google Sites