Virtual Field Trips

Virtual Field Trip Series:

Nebraska Corn Production

Bring the story of Nebraska corn into your classroom with on-demand videos that connect real-world agriculture to science, technology, and sustainability. Watch, explore, and engage your students without leaving school!

Photo Courtesy of Mitch & Laura Oswald

Bring Learning to Life

Each virtual field trip includes a follow-along student worksheet, a lesson plan with discussion questions and extension activities, and alignment to 5th Grade Nebraska Content Area Standards.

These resources make it easy to integrate agricultural literacy into science and social studies while helping students connect classroom concepts to real-world applications.

Content Standard Connections

  • SC.5.8.2.b Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
  • SC.5.13.4.c Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
  • SS 5.2.6.a Describe how international trade promotes specialization and division of labor and increases the productivity of labor, output, and consumption.
  • SS 5.2.6.b Explain how trade impacts relationships between countries.
  • SS 5.3.3.a Identify examples of ecosystems and analyze issues related to the natural setting in the United States.
  • SS 5.3.3.c Examine patterns of resource distribution and utilization in the United States.  SS 5.3.5.b Analyze aspects of human and physical geography that have shaped the settlement and development of Early America.

Explore Videos

Watch one or all four videos at your convenience and help your students explore the science, technology, and sustainability behind Nebraska corn. Each video is approximately 10 minutes.

Corn Planting – Science, Technology, Engineering & Math in Action!

Step into the field with Nebraska farmers and see how precision technology, data, and equipment work together to plant corn efficiently and responsibly.

Lesson Plan
Seedling to Silk: Summer
Corn in Action with Sustainability and
Agronomy

Discover how farmers care for their crops and the environment through sustainable practices that conserve soil, water, and energy.

Lesson Plan
Corn Harvest &
Bioplastic – Fueling
Nebraska and Our Future

Experience the excitement of harvest season and learn about the machinery and teamwork it takes to bring in Nebraska’s corn crop safely and efficiently.

Lesson Plan
Grain Storage – Field to Market

Follow the journey after harvest to see how corn is dried, stored, and prepared for transportation to markets across the state and around the world.

Lesson Plan

These on-demand videos are made possible thanks to the generous support of the Nebraska Corn Board.

Explore More On-Demand Virtual Field Trips on Our YouTube Channel

Upcoming Events

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13
Time: 1:00 p.m. (CT)
Grade: 3rd
Location: Virtual Visit on Farmer Jason’s pig farm near Laurel, Nebraska
Cost: FREE

Hang out with us as we get up close with pigs! Join us to learn about how farmers provide a balanced diet for growing pigs in each stage of their lives. This virtual field trip will take place from inside a pig barn and feature a farmer who will share his experience raising pigs! Students will be able to ask questions and receive answers in real time with a Question-and-Answer session.

The Virtual Field Trip will last approximately 30 minutes and is limited to 10 classrooms.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14
Time: 1:00 p.m. (CT)
Grade: 3rd
Location: Virtual Visit on Farmer Jason’s pig farm near Laurel, Nebraska
Cost: FREE

Hang out with us as we get up close with pigs! Join us to learn how farmers create safe shelter for pigs in Nebraska to live and grow in a safe environment. This virtual field trip will take place from inside a pig barn and feature a farmer who will share his experience raising pigs! Students will be able to ask questions and receive answers in real time with a Question-and-Answer session.

The Virtual Field Trip will last approximately 30 minutes and is limited to 10 classrooms.

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Evaluation

Have you participated in a Virtual Field Trip? Please share with us about your Nebraska Agriculture in the Classroom Virtual Field Trip experience. All feedback is welcome and will help us to improve the program. In addition, stories are an important tool for education and fundraising efforts. Please share your story with us!

Take Evaluation

Virtual field trips allow for an on-demand experience with farmers and ranchers to open their barn doors to show students what happens on their farms and ranches. Teachers can select from various topics and students can use a follow along worksheet! These field trips were previously filmed live in 2015-2023. The following are recordings of each trip.

On-Demand Videos

Videos are approximately 35 minutes

Corn

Corn Planting

Corn Harvest

Corn Trade

Corn & Environment

Pigs

Picking Pigs

Polishing Pigs

Protecting Pigs

Providing for Pigs

Nebraska Offers:

  • Corn Planting
  • Corn Harvest
  • Three-Part Pig Series

Benefits of Virtual Field Trips

Question & answer session

No transportation costs

Interactive experience

What Do Teachers Have To Say?

The class learned more because of being on site.

This was an awesome experience and my kids loved that they could ask questions live!

Classroom Requirements

  • Device connected to internet
  • Webcam and microphone
  • Access to Google Hangouts
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