Grades K–5 (Kit)
Explore farm animals with ready-to-use, hands-on activities! This kit is designed to support homeschool, virtual learning, and classroom instruction by providing all the materials needed for a variety of animal science lessons. Students investigate animal needs, life cycles, and products we get from animals through engaging activities that build science and literacy connections.
Perfect for small groups or independent learning, this kit contains materials for one student and pairs with multiple lessons to make animal science come alive.
Kit Contents & Lessons
- Animal or Plant? – Use with the Animal or Plant? lesson plan to introduce classification and critical thinking.
- Animal Life Cycles – Pair with Activity 2 in the Animal Life Cycles lesson plan.
- About Farm Animals Mini – A great follow-up to Animal Life Cycles, allowing students to explore animal products through a one-page coloring and gluing activity.
- Parent Offspring – Materials align with Activity 3 of the Hatching Science with Classroom Chicks lesson plan.
- Wool Refill – Use with Activity 3 of the Baa, Ram, Ewe… Sheep Tales lesson plan to explore wool and fiber.
Lesson Plans
Find all lessons associated with this kit on the National Agricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix. Search the Matrix using the keywords wool or animals to discover even more companion lessons and resources.
Extend the Learning
Have students research other farm animals not included in this kit and create their own “About” page or life cycle diagram. Invite them to share findings with classmates to build a classroom farm animal library.
