AgPocalypse - Tutorial Videos
Need a quick start guide before playing the AgPocalypse digital game? Watch the video tutorials below led by game developer, Chloe Lehnert, in which she introduces each of the scenarios (Irrigation, Grassfed Beef, and Life Cycle Analysis) and provides some useful tips.
Beyond the Box - Interactive Career Exploration
Beyond the Box is an interactive career exploration resource that leverages Museum-in-a-Box technology to bring to light the achievements of Black scientists in Agriculture and Natural Resource fields.
Conserving Bumble Bees Case Study
This standards-aligned, 5-E lesson provides students with a case study approach examining bumble bee population surveys and conservation strategies.
- Student Resources (Word Doc) (1.79 MB)
- Student Resources (PDF) (889.2 KB)
- Teacher Resources (Word Doc) (1.81 MB)
- Teacher Resources (PDF) (944.69 KB)
Pollinators in the Biology Classroom - Lesson Set
Pollinators in the Biology Classroom is a standards-aligned, 5-E life science unit that teaches about aerobic and anaerobic respiration, genetics, biotechnology, and food safety in the context of honey bees.
- Student Resources (Word Doc) (898.96 KB)
- Student Resources (PDF) (723.44 KB)
- Teacher Resources (Word Doc) (1.7 MB)
- Teacher Resources (PDF) (1.1 MB)
- Fermentation of Honey - Lesson 2 Presentation (PPT) (638.43 KB)
- Preservation Power of Honey - Lesson 3 Presentation (PPT) (4.43 MB)
Space Invaders: Ecology and Evolution of Invasive Species - Lesson Set
Space Invaders is a standards-aligned, 5-E life science unit teaching about the ecology, evolution, and effects of invasive species as it applies to both natural and agricultural ecosystems.
- Student Resources (Word Doc) (3.84 MB)
- Student Resources (PDF) (298.48 KB)
- Teacher Resources (Word Doc) (7.3 MB)
- Teacher Resources (PDF) (887.1 KB)
- What is an Invasive Species - Lesson 1 Presentation (PPT) (287.12 KB)
- Adaptive Traits - Lesson 2 Presentation (PPT) (1.52 MB)
- Natural Selection and Evolution - Lesson 3 Presentation (PPT) (6.78 MB)
- Controlling Invasive Species - Lesson 4 Presentation (PPT) (4.19 MB)
- Biocontrol of Invasive Species - Lesson 5 Presentation (PPT) (971.04 KB)
Golden Rice: A Genetically Engineered Solution to Vitamin A Deficiency - Lesson Plan
In this standards-aligned, 5-E lesson plan, students will learn about the development of Golden Rice, a genetically-engineered organism, as a way to combat vitamin A deficiency (VAD) in developing countries.
- Student Resources (Word Doc) (389.47 KB)
- Student Resources (PDF) (332.91 KB)
- Teacher Resources (Word Doc) (396.13 KB)
- Teacher Resources (PDF) (399.94 KB)
Biotechnology - Enviropigs - Lesson Set
Biotechnology: Enviropigs is a standards-aligned, 5-E life science unit focused on debating the application of genetic engineering to solve an environmental problem of nutrient pollution.
- Student Resources (Word Doc) (2.62 MB)
- Student Resources (PDF) (406.05 KB)
- Teacher Resources (Word Doc) (3.3 MB)
- Teacher Resources (PDF) (949.97 KB)
- Nutrient Pollution and Environmental Problem Solving - Lesson 1 Presentation (PPT) (692.37 KB)
- DNA Analysis and Protein Detection - Lesson 2 Presentation (PPT) (1.34 MB)
- Constructing an Argument - Lesson 3 Presentation (PPT) (160.04 KB)
- Article - Forsberg- An Environmentally Friendly Pig (20.8 KB)
- Article - Schmickle- Enviropig raises a whole new stink (15.32 KB)
- Article - Taylor- A Less Polluting Pig (13.32 KB)
- Article - Vestel- The Next Pig Thing (14.95 KB)
- Article - Surveys- Attitudes about Genetically Engineered Foods (35.49 KB)
- Article - Editorial, Minnesota Daily- Enviropigs will not help the environment (12.99 KB)
Genetic Engineering: Journey of a Gene - Lesson Set
Genetic Engineering: Journey of a Gene is a standards-aligned, 5-E life science unit that adapts the Journey of a Gene online learning modules created by Dr. Don Lee for the high school biology classroom.
- Student Resources (Word Doc) (1.11 MB)
- Student Resources (PDF) (619.9 KB)
- Teacher Resources (Word Doc) (1.86 MB)
- Teacher Resources (PDF (1.02 MB)
- Designing a GE Organism - Lesson 1 Presentation (PPT) (4.1 MB)
- Flower Anatomy and Plant Breeding - Lesson 3 Presentation (PPT) (352.76 KB)
- Backcross Breeding with Transgenic Plants - Lesson 4 Presentation (PPT) (5.16 MB)
Prairie Protector - Lesson Set
The following four lessons are provided to connect the Prairie Protector digital game with broader learning objectives.
- Prairie Protector digital game (external website link)
- Lesson 1: Introducing Prairie Protector and Comparing Gameplay Strategies
- Lesson 2: Comparing the Game to Real-World Land Management Challenges
- Lesson 3: Looking Back: How Have Cultural Beliefs about Fire Changed Over Time?
- Lesson 4: A Systems Thinking Approach in Mitigating Woody Species Encroachment
- Lesson Pack (All 4 lessons)
Garden TOOLS - Video Tutorials
The Garden TOOLS video tutorials provide a guided introduction to getting started with the BBC micro:bit microcontroller including introducing the MakeCode for micro:bit coding platform and how to hook up the battery pack.