Agricultural Facts and Activities

Make ice cream in your classroom

Have each student fill a gallon-sized Ziploc bag with:

• 6 tablespoons salt

• Ice cubes

Then have each student fill a pint-sized ziplock bag with:

• 1 tablespoon Sugar

• 1/2 cup whole milk or half & half

• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Seal the small bag well and place it inside the large bag.  Seal the large bag well and shake it for about 10 minutes until the ingredients in the small bag turn into ice cream.  Remove the small bag, wipe off well, and enjoy!

Visit the Agriculture in the Classroom website for some great ideas. Click here for lesson plans, science project ideas, quizzes, and more.

Try your hand at farming at www.myamericanfarm.org.

 MooMilk is a fun and educational website about cows and milk, with facts, contests, games and recipes.

The Nutrition Explorations website has fun and easy ways to teach about nutrition.  Please click here to visit the website.

The Dairy Farming Today website offers a ton of great information about dairy farming.

Want to know how many cows are in your county?  
Get facts and trivia about Pennsylvania agriculture here.