Recommended Online Videos
These YouTube videos are recommended for use in the classroom.
Robotic Milking Parlor
Learn why an Illinois dairy farmer, and his cows, are loving the new robotic milking technology at their Greenville, Illinois, family farm.
Pig Farming
Meet an Illinois Pig Farmer and learn the hard work and dedication that is needed to raise pigs.
How is it Made: Corn Tortillas
Find out how corn tortillas are mass produced in factories, starting with Grade A corn that is dehusked, removed from the cob, and stored in huge steel silos. Click here.
Corn Plastic Video
Almost everything in our life is made from plastic. In this movie, learn about the biodegradable option of corn plastic and how it's made.
Purpose of Ear Tags
What information does an ear tag hold for a farmer and why are they important tools when raising cattle.
Livestock Auction
Description of what happens at a sale barn.
History of Chocolate
Learn about the history of chocolate, from the old world to the new world. This History Channel movie segment links to several other movies on the delicious subject of chocolate.
Food Machine
Over the past century, an American industrial revolution has given rise to the biggest, most productive food machine the world has ever known.
In this episode, host Yul Kwon explores how this machine feeds nearly 300 million Americans every day. He discovers engineering marvels we’ve created by putting nature to work and takes a look at the costs of our insatiable appetite on our health and environment.
For the first time in human history, less than 2% of the population can feed the other 98%. Yul embarks on a trip that begins with a pizza delivery route in New York City then goes across country to California’s Central Valley, where nearly 50% of America’s fruits, nuts and vegetables are grown and skydives into the heartland for an aerial look of our farmlands.
He meets the men and women who keep us fed 365 days a year—everyone from industrial to urban farmers, crop dusting pilots to long distance bee truckers, modern day cowboys to the pizza deliveryman. To view the Food Machine episode click here.
In this episode, host Yul Kwon explores how this machine feeds nearly 300 million Americans every day. He discovers engineering marvels we’ve created by putting nature to work and takes a look at the costs of our insatiable appetite on our health and environment.
For the first time in human history, less than 2% of the population can feed the other 98%. Yul embarks on a trip that begins with a pizza delivery route in New York City then goes across country to California’s Central Valley, where nearly 50% of America’s fruits, nuts and vegetables are grown and skydives into the heartland for an aerial look of our farmlands.
He meets the men and women who keep us fed 365 days a year—everyone from industrial to urban farmers, crop dusting pilots to long distance bee truckers, modern day cowboys to the pizza deliveryman. To view the Food Machine episode click here.
Videos and CDs
Growing a Nation—This interactive program is a useful resource for U.S. history teachers and their students. Growing a Nation’s chronological presentation of significant historical events focuses on the important role agriculture has played in America’s development.
Illinois Agriculture: Innovation and Invention—Take an interactive trip through time. On your journey, you will meet people and witness events that shaped our state’s history through agriculture. You will also learn how these events impact our modern-day life.
Insect Adventures—Students go through different biomes learning about insects. Grades 4-6.
Arianna’s Nutrition Expedition—The activities on this CD-ROM bring nutrition to life through around-the-world adventures, coordination challenges, a high-tech laboratory simulation, and a sound studio experience. Grades 4-6.
Little D’s Nutrition Expedition—The interactive games on this CD-ROM bring nutrition to life through problem-solving puzzles, a trip to the countryside, coordination challenges, and a mysterious maze. Grades K-3.
Crazy About Corn—With eight games and activities, children will discover the basics of science as they explore the importance of corn to your history, culture, and supermarket shelves. While they play, they’ll improve their letter recognition and reading abilities. Expose your children to scientific concepts as well as matching, alphabetization and pattern recognition. Grades K-3.
Bees
The Honey Files: A Bee's Life-Journey inside a bee hive to learn more about bees, honey and pollination. Kids will meet some beekeepers and interesting characters as they study a bee's life. 20 minutes of sweet learning.
What's Buzzin-This 10 minute video is designed for school children grades 4-6 and features child reporters who investigate pollination, honey bees, and honey for their sweet newscast, "What's Buzzin."
Cotton
Tractors, Cotton-Pickers, and the Stuff Kids Wear-This movie will fascinate your children as they discover how their favorite pair of blue jeans came from a tiny cotton seed. 30 minutes.
Dairy
The Art of Cheese-Making-A 17-minute video training tape. This video takes an in-depth look at the basic cheese making procedure and the variations that result in over 250 different types, varieties and styles of Wisconsin cheese.
Dairy Farming for Kids-Farmer Bill takes you on a personal tour of a modern farm of 700 cows. Farm cows mooing to tractors roaring, this video has it all. Follow mild production from growing the herds food to seeing how cheese is made. 30 minutes.
Moo 2 You-Let Ms. Moo take your class on a diary adventure to learn about Milk Group foods and how milk and cheese are produced. This 14 minute video is designed for grades K-4.
General Farming
Vrooooom:Farming for Kids-Join Farmer Bill in this award-winning video as he engages your child's imagination with the noise and live action of hi-tech farm equipment. Follow vegetable and grain production from planting to harvest on a modern 7,000 acre family farm. 30 minutes.
Pizza
Exploring Planet Pizza-This 13-minute video teaches students from grades 3-5 how different ingredients that make up pizza (wheat dough, tomato sauce, cheese, and meat) are processed and where they come from.
Pork
Kids TV News-Learn about real farmers, baby pigs, pig history and little known pig facts.
Where Pork Comes From-This 9 minute video teaches children from K-4 the processes involved in raising pork and about pork by-products.
Pumpkins
Pumpkin Circle-The story of a garden. This 20 minute video gives you a bug's eye view and a bird's high view of a miraculous cycle of nature unfolding in a backyard pumpkin patch.
Rice
California Rice-This video shows how rice is planted, harvested and its place in the world market.
Soil Conservation
Lines on the Land-Lines are all around us... lines made by nature and lines made by people. What are all those lines and patterns on the landscape? The story of how and why those lines are made... and what they mean to us,,, is told in this video. There are 16 hands-on learning activities in this conservation package for 6th-8th graders. This package will encourage students to discover, analyze, and learn first-hand activities about their natural resources. Activities may be used for math, art, social studies, language arts and other areas as well as science.
Wheat
Bread Comes to Life: A Garden of Wheat and a Loaf to Eat-This 22 minute video tells about the sowing, growing, reaping, threshing, milling, mixing, kneading, shaping, rising, baking and breaking of break-loaf after loaf. Wheat, flour, yeast, and dough-they all play part in the craft and art of the bread-baking show! Ages 4 & up.
To check out videos or CDs or to learn more about them, contact Melinda at 815-732-2191 or charbm@illinois.edu
Illinois Agriculture: Innovation and Invention—Take an interactive trip through time. On your journey, you will meet people and witness events that shaped our state’s history through agriculture. You will also learn how these events impact our modern-day life.
Insect Adventures—Students go through different biomes learning about insects. Grades 4-6.
Arianna’s Nutrition Expedition—The activities on this CD-ROM bring nutrition to life through around-the-world adventures, coordination challenges, a high-tech laboratory simulation, and a sound studio experience. Grades 4-6.
Little D’s Nutrition Expedition—The interactive games on this CD-ROM bring nutrition to life through problem-solving puzzles, a trip to the countryside, coordination challenges, and a mysterious maze. Grades K-3.
Crazy About Corn—With eight games and activities, children will discover the basics of science as they explore the importance of corn to your history, culture, and supermarket shelves. While they play, they’ll improve their letter recognition and reading abilities. Expose your children to scientific concepts as well as matching, alphabetization and pattern recognition. Grades K-3.
Bees
The Honey Files: A Bee's Life-Journey inside a bee hive to learn more about bees, honey and pollination. Kids will meet some beekeepers and interesting characters as they study a bee's life. 20 minutes of sweet learning.
What's Buzzin-This 10 minute video is designed for school children grades 4-6 and features child reporters who investigate pollination, honey bees, and honey for their sweet newscast, "What's Buzzin."
Cotton
Tractors, Cotton-Pickers, and the Stuff Kids Wear-This movie will fascinate your children as they discover how their favorite pair of blue jeans came from a tiny cotton seed. 30 minutes.
Dairy
The Art of Cheese-Making-A 17-minute video training tape. This video takes an in-depth look at the basic cheese making procedure and the variations that result in over 250 different types, varieties and styles of Wisconsin cheese.
Dairy Farming for Kids-Farmer Bill takes you on a personal tour of a modern farm of 700 cows. Farm cows mooing to tractors roaring, this video has it all. Follow mild production from growing the herds food to seeing how cheese is made. 30 minutes.
Moo 2 You-Let Ms. Moo take your class on a diary adventure to learn about Milk Group foods and how milk and cheese are produced. This 14 minute video is designed for grades K-4.
General Farming
Vrooooom:Farming for Kids-Join Farmer Bill in this award-winning video as he engages your child's imagination with the noise and live action of hi-tech farm equipment. Follow vegetable and grain production from planting to harvest on a modern 7,000 acre family farm. 30 minutes.
Pizza
Exploring Planet Pizza-This 13-minute video teaches students from grades 3-5 how different ingredients that make up pizza (wheat dough, tomato sauce, cheese, and meat) are processed and where they come from.
Pork
Kids TV News-Learn about real farmers, baby pigs, pig history and little known pig facts.
Where Pork Comes From-This 9 minute video teaches children from K-4 the processes involved in raising pork and about pork by-products.
Pumpkins
Pumpkin Circle-The story of a garden. This 20 minute video gives you a bug's eye view and a bird's high view of a miraculous cycle of nature unfolding in a backyard pumpkin patch.
Rice
California Rice-This video shows how rice is planted, harvested and its place in the world market.
Soil Conservation
Lines on the Land-Lines are all around us... lines made by nature and lines made by people. What are all those lines and patterns on the landscape? The story of how and why those lines are made... and what they mean to us,,, is told in this video. There are 16 hands-on learning activities in this conservation package for 6th-8th graders. This package will encourage students to discover, analyze, and learn first-hand activities about their natural resources. Activities may be used for math, art, social studies, language arts and other areas as well as science.
Wheat
Bread Comes to Life: A Garden of Wheat and a Loaf to Eat-This 22 minute video tells about the sowing, growing, reaping, threshing, milling, mixing, kneading, shaping, rising, baking and breaking of break-loaf after loaf. Wheat, flour, yeast, and dough-they all play part in the craft and art of the bread-baking show! Ages 4 & up.
To check out videos or CDs or to learn more about them, contact Melinda at 815-732-2191 or charbm@illinois.edu
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Phone: 815-732-2231 Fax: 815-732-3412 oglefb.org www.facebook.com/oglecountyfarmbureau
© 2011 Ogle County Farm Bureau ® All rights reserved
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