Kansas Farm Bureau®
“DO-IT-YOURSELF”
AGRICULTURE EDUCATION
PROGRAM
DID YOU KNOW WE GROW PIZZA IN KANSAS?
Students should understand where the food they consume is produced and the health benefits associated with it. By using this instruction kit, the breakdown of a pizza is used to illustrate the different food groups, where they are produced, and how they benefit your body.
Design your own Agriculture Education program today! Here’s what you’ll need:
Related Resources:
Fabric Pizza (pictured above)
Exploring Planet Pizza Video & Teacher's Guide
This 12 minute videotape was made to help children understand the processes used to produce the crust, cheese, meat and toppings of pizza and that all of the ingredients in a pizza come from farms.
You may check-out either of the items listed
above by clicking
here.
Related handouts:
It's Easy to Make a Fabric Pizza
Did You Know We
Grow Pizzas in Kansas?
Grow Your Own
Pizza Sauce
Related Products:
Pizza Ag Mags (available through the county promotional website)
Pizza Cutters (available through the county promotional website)
Standards for
Grades K-2
Standard 1: Science as Inquiry
Benchmark 1:
The student will be involved in activities that develop skills
necessary to conduct scientific inquiries.
Indicator 4:
The student asks and answers questions about objects, organisms, and
events in his/her environment.
Standard 3: Life Science
(related to “Growing Your Own Pizza Sauce” activity)
Benchmark 1:
The student will develop an understating of the characteristics of
living things.
Indicator 2:
The student observes life cycles of different living things.
Indicator 3:
The student observes living things in various environments.
Standard 5: Science and Technology
Benchmark 1:
The student will use technology to learn about the world around
them.
Indicator 1:
The student explores the way things work.
Questions? Contact the Agriculture Education Division at 785/587-6150.
