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Corn Curriculum

Welcome to "Corn in the Classroom," a web-based curriculum that utilizes examples from the corn industry to teach kids mathematics, science, language arts, social studies and even music and art. The curriculum is divided into nine different units and based on the real-life experiences of a Minnesota farm family.

Each unit contains a brief story, background for teachers and hands-on lesson plans that are adaptable to all ages. This curriculum will provide educators with fresh and different examples for teaching the core subjects required by most states. At the same time, students will enjoy learning about everything from corn's role in American history to genetics, the environment, satellites, geography, nutrition and much, much more.

The first five chapters -- Claire Plays Basketball, Ann Learns to Plow, Elizabeth Sees a Bad Side to her Favorite Creatures, Elizabeth Learns Why She Has Blue Eyes, and David Explores New Worlds -- focus on raising corn. The last four -- Ann Learns a Secret Family Recipe, Hugh Buys a Car, Claire Has a Dream, and David Makes Cupcakes -- show students the many ways corn is used. You can either focus on a particular chapter of interest or start with Chapter One and read through in order. Either way, both you and your students will learn much.

We invite you to "dig" in to Corn in the Classroom to reap the bountiful harvest of knowledge in store. And after your done, we invite you to e-mail us at corninfo@ncga.com with your experiences, things you like, ways we can make it better.