Michigan Potatoes Farm Crate Giveaway
We're excited to announce our Michigan Potatoes Farm Crate Giveaway. Three (3) winners will receive a 4-month subscription from the lesson plans offered below. In partnership with Michigan Agriculture in the Classroom, these FARM Crates are hands-on, educational STEM fun for teachers and students between grades 3-5. With learning resources and supplies for 30 students, they bring the normalcy and fun of field trips back into the classroom, whether students are meeting in person or online.
Each crate includes a food or agriculture book, Agriculture in the Classroom lesson resources, a hands-on, grade-appropriate lesson and support materials, an online extension activity, and a teacher gift. The giveaway ends January 3rd, 2022. Three (3) winners will be announced on January 4th, 2022.
Farm Crate Categories
February Season of Love FARM Crate: The weather may still be frightful, but Michigan farmers are working day and night to care for their land, livestock and water. You’ll love meeting a Michigan livestock farmer, learning more about how farmers take care of their animals and experience hands-on STEM lessons along the way.
March Fruit, Veggies and Springtime FARM Crate: Ever wonder how farmers get those springtime seedlings ready while we’re still wearing winter coats? Purchase the March FARM Crate to virtually tour a Michigan greenhouse, learn about how all our tasty fruits and vegetables get their start and do seasonal hands-on STEM lessons that meet grade-level content standards.
April Egg-cellent Experiments FARM Crate: We’re not yolking, the April FARM Crate is an egg-cellent gift for the young (or young at heart) scientists in your life! Snag the April crate for a behind-the-scenes tour of a Michigan laying hen farm, hands-on lessons that meet grade-level science standards and egg-citing STEM experiments. This crate serves another book, teacher gift and virtual and hard copy lesson plan sunny side up!
May Inventions, Engineering and Innovations FARM Crate: Do you know a budding Henry Ford, Marie Curie or Temple Grandin? Then this is the FARM Crate for you! Students will use this crate to try on engineering concepts while meeting a real Michigan farmer and inventor. Explore inventors of the past who paved the way for the technologies we use today!
Don’t Bug Me: (ships April) Entomologist; that’s a long fancy word for someone who studies insects as their job. In this FARM Crate’s lesson, read the book The Bug Girl by Sophia Spencer and Margaret McNamara about Sophia’s childhood as a real-life bug girl who grew up to become an entomologist. Learn how Michigan farmers work with these bug scientists to protect their crops from harmful insects while creating environments for beneficial insects to live. The FARM Crate will include the story book, lesson plan, worksheets, digital resources, Entomology Ag Mag for each student, and more!
Energy: (ships February) It is all around us. In this crate students will learn about the power behind renewable resources and the energy they create. Through video students will meet Michigan farmers and learn about how corn provides energy and farmers conserve energy by working with the natural environment and using technology. In the activities, students will explore the transfer of energy from one object to another, while also learning about the different types of power we depend on to keep things moving in our world. At the end, students will read about the different types of energy and the careers that tie energy and agriculture together and have an opportunity to use their new knowledge in a game by My American Farm called Power Up! Let’s get ENERGIZED!