AgEd and Advocacy Lesson 4: Agricultural Technology – Farming in the 21st Century

Students will explore and discuss how technology has changed over time to help farmers/ranchers provide more food to more people, identify specific technologies that have reduced labor in agriculture, and provide examples of science and technology used in agricultural systems (e.g., GPS, artificial insemination, biotechnology, soil testing, ethanol production, etc.); explain how they meet our basic needs, and detail their social, economic, and environmental impacts.

Curricular Connections:

Next Generation Science Standards:

NGSS MS-ETS1-1 Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.

• AgEd
• agriculture
• biotechnology
• technology