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Activity 6: Soil Profiles
Resource: Soil Profiles
Task: Create a soil profile using different foods. Sketch and label your soil profile.
Activity 7: Soil Filtering
Resource: Soil Filtering
Task: Perform a soil filtering experiment. Write your observations here.
Activity 8: Garden Design Project
Task: Plan your own garden. Select at least five plants and explain why they grow well together. Draw your garden layout.
Activity 11: Moving Livestock Safely
Resource: Learn about moving livestock
Task: Summarize where to stand and how to safely approach livestock.
Activity 12: Hatching Chickens
Task: Research how to hatch chickens in an incubator. List the steps, or better yet hatch out your own chicks!
Activity 13: Breeds of Livestock
Task: Create flashcards of different livestock breeds. List six breeds and their characteristics. Find my swine breeds worksheets and bingo here!
Activity 14: Livestock Barn Design
Task: Design a proper housing area for a farm animal of your choice. Consider its needs for food, water, shelter, and space. Draw a diagram of your design and explain why it would keep the animal healthy.
Activity 15: How to Read a Livestock Feed Tag
Task: Go over the terms and information on a Feed tag. Then create your own!
Activity 16: Make a Rope Halter
Resource: Make your own Rope Halter
Task: Make rope halters together.