Virtual Field Trip
Take a trip to farms across the state of Alabama without even leaving your home! These field trips cover row crops, fruits and vegetables, beef cattle, honeybees, a tree nursery and forestry. Watch along to learn more about how real Alabama farmers produce the food, fiber and timber we all use in our daily lives. Plus, learn even more about the world of agriculture with links to other educational resources and fun activities!
Cotton with Garrett Dixon of Lee County
Recorded May 22, 2020
Want shorter videos? Click here for our Cotton playlist of Virtual Field Trip Shorts on Youtube.
Related cotton educational activities:
- Alabama Farmers Federation Coloring Book Page for cotton
- Cotton Ag Mag with maps of U.S. and Alabama
- Activity: Harvesting Image Match from My American Farm
- Alabama Ag in the Classroom Cotton Unit
- Cleo Cotton’s Big Adventure from Kansas Farm Bureau
- Cotton Science and Sustainability activities from Cotton Inc.
Forestry with Cheryl Lassiter of Choctaw County
Recorded May 15, 2020
Want shorter videos? Click here for our Forestry playlist of Virtual Field Trip Shorts on Youtube.
Related forestry educational activities:
- Alabama Farmers Federation Coloring Book Page for forestry
- Forestry Ag Mag with tree squares game – download, open in Adobe Reader and print
- Classroom in the Forest Leader’s Guide with wordsearch, word jumble and other activities
- Discover the Forest
- Color the Outdoors with Smokey Bear coloring pages
- Career Exploration from Forestry Works
- Alabama Forestry Commission Educational Resources
Tree Nursery with Phillip Hunter of Hunter Trees
Recorded May 8, 2020
Want shorter videos? Click here for our Nursery playlist of Virtual Field Trip Shorts on Youtube.
Related green industry educational activites:
- Alabama Farmers Federation Coloring Book Page for greenhouse, nursery & sod
- Activity: My Miniature Greenhouse
- Tree Identification from the Arbor Day Foundation
- Plant Alabama
- Free At-Home Educational Activities Week Six from the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture
- Project Learning Tree: Activities for your own backyard
Catfish Farming with Luke and Lana Smelley of Hale County
Recorded May 1, 2020
Want shorter videos? Click here for our Catfish playlist of Virtual Field Trip shorts on Youtube.
Related catfish educational activities:
- Alabama Farmers Federation Coloring Book Page
- Catfish Ag Mag with recipes and maze – download, open in Adobe Reader and print
- Farming Feeds Alabama
- From the Catfish Institute:
Honeybees with Geoff Williams of Auburn University’s Bee Lab
Recorded April 24, 2020
Want shorter videos? Click here for our Honeybees playlist of Virtual Field Trip Shorts on Youtube.
Related honeybee educational activities:
- Alabama Farmers Federation Coloring Book Page
- Honeybee Ag Mag with maze and identifcation games – download, open in Adobe and print
- Book: Bonnie Bee
- Comic Book: Pollinator Garden
- Activity: Sweet Pollination
- Activity: Honeybee Vocabulary
- Online Game: The Buzz
- Recipe: Ice Cream in a Bag
- Recipe: Honey Pecan Ice Cream Topping – p. 165 in Farming Feeds Alabama cookbook
- Ingredients
- 1 cup Oakview Farms pure honey
- 2 tablespoons high-quality maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon butter
- ½ cup pecans, finely chopped
- Pinch cinnamon
- Directions
- In a heavy saucepan, stir all ingredients together over low heat. Continue stirring frequently until butter and cinnamon are thoroughly incorporated.
- To serve, spoon over ice cream.
- Ingredients
Beef Cattle with Taber and Grace Ellis of Autauga County
Recorded April 17, 2020
Want shorter videos? Click here for our Beef Cattle playlist of Virtual Field Trip Shorts on Youtube.
Related beef cattle educational activities:
- Alabama Farmers Federation Coloring Book Page
- Beef Cattle Ag Mag with wordsearch – download, open in Adobe and print
- Coloring book pages from Alabama Cattlemen’s Association
- Career Exploration: The Cow Conundrum
- Comic Book: Beef Heritage
- Kid-Friendly Beef Recipe Book
- Online Game: The Steaks Are High
Fruits & Vegetables with Cassie Young and Allie Logan of Barbour County
Recorded April 10, 2020
Want shorter videos? Click here for our Fruits & Vegetables playlist of Virtual Field Trip shorts on Youtube.
Related fruit & vegetable educational activities:
- Alabama Farmers Federation Coloring Book Page
- Fruit and Vegetable Ag Mag with word and identification games
- Recipe: Strawberry Freezer Jam from Blount County farmer Stephanie Miller
- Recipe: Strawberry Chiffon Pie from Autauga County’s Marcia Plaster
- Recipe: Dirt Cake
- Print and keep: Harvest Calendar from Sweet Grown Alabama
- Online Game: Farmers Market Challenge with MathQuest Set A, Set B and Set C
- Fruit and Vegetable Bingo
- Experiment: Stop the Rot
- Read: A Berry Good Project
- Career Exploration: The Vibrant Variety and Auburn University College of Agriculture’s Horticulture Program
Peanuts & Other Row Crops with Jonathan Sanders of Coffee County
Recorded April 3, 2020
Want shorter videos? Click here for our Peanuts playlist of Virtual Field Trip Shorts on Youtube.
Related peanut educational activities:
- Alabama Farmers Federation Coloring Book Page
- Peanut Ag Mag with crossword
- Farming Feeds Alabama peanut video and activity sheet
- Recipe: No-Bake Monster Cookie Balls
- Recipe: Variations on Ants On A Log
- Math Activity: How Many Peanuts Are Produced In Your State
- Relay Race Activity: Delicious and Nutritious
- Who Invented Peanut Butter
- Community Service Project