Nebraska Corn Board

Below is a list that includes a summary of each unit and lesson from that unit. Click on the unit number to download the unit and lesson plans. Click on the Teacher’s Key to download the key.

All lesson plans are adaptable for all ages!

Unit 1 : Corn Development
Lesson 1: Tour a Power Plant (Science)
Lesson 2: Plants With Personality (Language Arts, Music, Dance, Art)
Lesson 3: You Can Count On Corn (Math)
Lesson 4: Listen to A-Maizing Stories (Social Studies)
Teacher’s Key for Unit 1.

Unit 2 : Soil Management
Lesson 1: There is a lot in This Spoonful (Language, Music, Dance, Art)
Lesson 2: Corn Eats Lunch (Science)
Lesson 3: Topsoil Dessert (Science)
Lesson 4: Farmers Till With Care (Social Studies, Current Events)
Teacher’s Key for Unit 2.

Unit 3 : Insect Control
Lesson 1: A Beauty Pageant (Language Arts, Music, Dance, Art)
Lesson 2: Weather or Not to Act (Math, Science)
Lesson 3: Prolegs, Head Capsules & Warts (Science)
Lesson 4: Give Me an “I” “P” “M” (Science, Social Studies)
Teacher’s Key for Unit 3.

Unit 4 : Genetics & Biotech
Lesson 1: Rate that Trait (Math)
Lesson 2: Genes-R-Us (Science)
Lesson 3: Wonder Corn (Multidisciplinary)
Lesson 4: Farm or Pharmacy? (Science, Social Studies, Current Events) Jr. & Sr. High Students
Teacher’s Key for Unit 4.

Unit 5: Computers & Satellites
Lesson 1: A Map is Worth a Thousand Words (Language Arts, Music, Dance, Art, History)
Lesson 2: Yield Map Math (Math)
Lesson 3: Satellite Science (Science)
Lesson 4: Finding Your Way (Geography)
Teacher’s Key for Unit 5.

Unit 6 : Feeding Animals
Lesson 1: A Food Pyramid Built From Corn (Science)
Lesson 2: Meaty Numbers (Math)
Lesson 3: The Web of Life (Multidisciplinary)
Teacher’s Key for Unit 6.

Unit 7 : Feeding Industry
Lesson 1: The “Corn for Energy” Campaign (Language Arts, Music, Dance, Art)
Lesson 2: The State of Ethanol Use (Math)
Lesson 3: It’s Up to People (History, Social Studies, Current Events)
Lesson 4: Corn that Bounces & Stretches (Science)
Teacher’s Key for Unit 7.

Unit 8 : Feeding the World
Lesson 1: It’s a Small World (Multidisciplinary)
Lesson 2: Export Math! (Math)
Teacher’s Key for Unit 8.

Unit 9 : Feed Your Face!
Lesson 1: A, B, C … is for Corn! (Language Arts)
Lesson 2: Kernel Surgery (Science)
Lesson 3: Starch Your Day Right! (Science)
Lesson 4: The Great Worldwide Corn Recipe Exchange (Multidisciplinary)
Teacher’s Key for Unit 9.