Franklin County Conservation District

Education Programs

Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom

Franklin County Conservation District promotes the annual postcard art contest which is sponsored by the Kansas Department of Agriculture. Students grade K-6 create a postcard size artwork which depicts an agricultural theme.  There is one winner selected in each grade level along with a grand prize winner.  Grade level winners receive a $50 Savings Bond and the grand prize winner receives a $100 Savings Bond.  All of the winner and their families are invited to the state capitol on National Agriculture Day (March 21) to receive their awards and meet with the Governor.

Farm Animals Presentation (K, 1st & 2nd) During the assembly students will be developing skills to conduct scientific inquiries, able to ask and answer questions, learning about sorting and separating groups, discriminating similarities and differences, contrasting visually and scientifically, demonstrating responsibility for available nutrition choices, understanding different food sources produced in Kansas.                                       

Grains and Oils Presentation (3rd & 4th) During the assembly students will be performing basic mathematical computations using whole numbers and money in a variety of situations, participating in a full scientific inquiry using observation, manipulation and measurements of different kinds of wheat and flour, demonstrating physical science concepts of mass, density and volume, learning that all kinds of careers are involved in agriculture and that many use math and science every day, engaged in exciting and entertaining problem solving activities where strategy and group decision-making are rewarded.       

Natural Resources Presentation Emphasis on Grasslands, Wetlands and Kansas Biomes (5th, 6th & 7th) During this assembly students will be learning to understand cause and effect, learning skills to distinguish between fact and opinion, learning to understand the importance of the diversity of natural resources, able to apply functions of living systems of populations and ecosystems, understanding water’s role in changing the solid surface of the earth, investigating the effects of human activities on the environment, learning about advances in scientific agriculture.     

KFAC also has Kansas Kids Connection activity books pertaining to farm animals for first graders and grains and oil seeds for third graders which are available for free, thanks to donations from various corporate sponsors.  The Kansas Kids Connection books are also available in Spanish. Visit http://www.ksagclassroom.org/kkc.htm to order Kansas Kids Connections for your classroom or to see other outstanding resources available, including lesson plan created by teachers and can be downloaded for FREE!

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