NJ AITC Lessons
NJ Ag in a Box
New Jersey Agriculture in the Classroom (NJAITC) has created a program called NJ Ag in a Box. This initiative will provide teachers with materials to teach a lesson each season about New Jersey's specialty crops:squash/pumpkins in October; cranberries in December; spinach in February and tomatoes in April.
An NJ Ag in a Box will arrive at your school quarterly, filled with a lesson plan, a children's agriculture book to accompany the lesson, materials needed for the entire class to do an experiment or activity, and a set of 30 four-page “Ag Mags” to teach students more about agriculture.
Reach out to us at njagliteracy@gmail.com for information on how to get one!
Click on the lesson title to download the lesson.
Cranberry
The Cranberry Bounce Test
students will test for the bounciness of a group of cranberries, estimating, observing, and separating the cranberries, and using fractions to record results.
Make a Cranberry Catapult
students work in small groups to create a simple catapult, measure the distances their catapult can fling a cranberry, and graph and compare results.
Squash
Disappearing Pumpkins Grades 3-5
Use an old Jack O'Lantern for a decomposition experiment.
How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?
Children of every age love making Jack-O'-Lanterns.
Pumpkin Seed Packet Math
Planting seeds begins with understanding the instructions on the seed packet.