Agriculture In The Classroom
Murray State Agriculture

The following materials are offered in three formats where possible to assist you in accessibility.  The versions include MS Word, Adobe Acrobat Reader and HTML formats.  Adobe Reader and Word are best for printing.


Lesson Plan   Microsoft Word   Adobe Reader  HTML

Activities

Grid Mapping Exercise                Grid Mapping Homework Assignment(All Ages)
    Microsoft Word                            Microsoft Word
    Adobe Reader                               Adobe Reader

Global Positioning System Model (Elementary/Middle School)
    Microsoft Word
    Adobe Reader
    HTML

 

Cycle of Precision Farming Class Exercise

    Microsoft Word

   Adobe Reader

Cycle of Precision Farming Poster (Middle/High School)
    Microsoft Word
    Adobe Reader
    HTML


GPS & Precision Agriculture Handout
    Microsoft Word
    Adobe Reader
    HTML

Cycle of Precision Farming PowerPoint
    Powerpoint Viewable On-line
    Adobe Printable PowerPoint
Click here to download PowerPoint

Ag In The Classroom Links

Kentucky Farm Bureau  http://www.kyfb.com/aglibrary.htm
Illinois Farm Bureau  http://www.agintheclassroom.org/
USDA  http://www.ed.gov/pubs/AchGoal4/doa.html
Texas Farm Bureau  http://www.fb.com/txfb/whataitc.htm
California Foundation for AITC http://www.cfaitc.org/
Vermont AITC  http://www.state.vt.us/agric/AITC
South Dakota  AITC  http://www.sdagclassroom.org/
Wisconsin Farm Bureau  http://www.wfbf.com/classroom
Farm Bureau Index Cards  http://www.fb.com/nefb/ag-ed/cards_index.html

Precision Agriculture/GPS Learning Links

Intro to Precision Agriculture http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/sustain/precisionf.html
University of Arizona  http://www.ag.arizona.edu/precisionag
University of Texas  http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/gcraft/notes/gps/gps.html
GPS Primer for Educational Use http://www.aero.org/publications/GPSPRIMER/index.html
Agriculture On-Line Primer http://www.agriculture.com/technology/index.html

For other links go to http://www.howstuffworks.com and search for GPS.

 


Updated May 31, 2001.  This page is created & maintained by Murray State Agriculture.
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