Agricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix
Companion Resource
Packing Peanuts
Engage students in a quick and simple activity using a product that can be made from either renewable or non-renewable resources—packing peanuts. This kit contains enough petroleum-based, Styrofoam packing peanuts and corn-based, biodegradable packing peanuts to complete five demonstrations showing how one dissolves in water and the other does not. Order this kit online from agclassroomstore.com.
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Utah Agriculture in the Classroom
Lessons Associated with this Resource
- From Soybeans to Car Parts
- Full of Beans: Henry Ford Grows a Car
- Planet Zorcon (Grades 6-8)
- Corn an A-maizing Plant: Food, Fuel, and Plastic
- Farming for Energy