Educational Materials
Story of Wheat
Suggested for Grades: 4-6
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Hands-On Wheat Activities
Looking for a couple of easy hands-on activities great for kids of all ages? Here's a couple quick, fun, and sometimes messy wheat related activities.
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Dough for it. Give kids a cup of flour and some water and let them make their own simple dough, or better yet, help them mix their own homemade playdough. Discuss how wheat is used to make many of the foods we eat, which once started out as dough like cookies, pasta and bread.
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Make a wheat box. Get a gallon or two of clean wheat from an elevator or local farmer and put it in a plastic bin, like the ones used to store sweaters under a bed. Now you've got a wheat box! Add your favorite sandbox toys and play for hours. Set the box on top of a plastic tablecloth in the living room to make clean up easy.
North Dakota's Wheat Industry: Key Facts
Agriculture is the largest industry in North Dakota. We are proud to be the nation's leader in wheat production, powering the food supply chain worldwide.
90% of North Dakota's land is used for agriculture.
There are approximately
25,000 farms across ND.
The average farm size is
1,500 Acres (610 hectares).
Note: It's not uncommon for many operations to be 5,000 acres or larger
