Magazines, Websites & Books for Student Research
***Illinois Ag in the Classroom website (www.agintheclassroom.org ) under Teacher Resources
has a section titled Ag Mags. These AG Mags are perfect for student research and cover the
following topics: apples, beef, corn, livestock, pork, pumpkins, soybeans, dairy, horticulture,
technology (arm equipment) and poultry. Many of these Ag Mags are interactive – click on the
video camera in some of the sections. This is probably the most comprehensive place for
student research.
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts has information about apples, corn, pumpkins,
strawberries, tomatoes, and watermelon
Chickens
http://ilfbpartners.com/chicken-fun-facts/
Corn
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/food/corn.html
Dairy Cows
www.Dairyfarmingtoday.org – visit life on the farm and all about cows
www.moomilk.com – visit virtual tour
Soybeans
http://farmflavor.com/soybean-fun-facts/
Strawberries
http://ilfbpartners.com/farm-facts-about-strawberries/
Wheat
http://ilfbpartners.com/wheat-fast-facts/
Some Suggested book for research or as read-alouds
Corn
Corn by Gail Gibbons (ISBN13: 9780823422456)
Wheat
Bread Comes to Life by George Levenson (ISBN 1-58246-114-7)
Bread Bread Bread by Ann Morris (ISBN-13: 978-0-688-12275-1)
From Wheat to Pasta by Robert Egan (ISBN 0-516-26069-3)
Dairy
Clarabelle by Cris Peterson (ISBN-13: 978-1590783108)
Extra Cheese, Please! by Cris Peterson (ISBN-13: 978-1590782460)
Pumpkins
Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White (ISBN-13: 978-0823413201)
The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin by Joe Troiano (ISBN-13: 97-8435120884)
How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamara (ISBN13: 9780375940149)
Soybeans
The Super Soybean by Raymond Bial (ISBN 978-0-8075-7549-9)
Oh Say Can You Seed? by Bonnie Worth (ISBN13: 9780375810954)
Specialty Crops
I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child (ISBN13: 9780763621803)
Who Grew My Soup? by Tom Darbyshire (ISBN 9781412745444))