Corn CHALLENGE TIME TO EAT!

CAREERS

1 in 4 jobs in Nebraska are related

to agriculture.

CORN JOKE

Q. Why is corn such a good listener?

A. Because it's all ears!

Corn CHALLENGE

How many challenges can you finish? Put an X over the square when you have completed it. Post your results using #iGrowNE4H.

Visit with someone who

works with corn.

Count how many kernels of corn are on

a cob.

Take a selfie with a corn

product.

Leave an ear of corn under a tree. See what happens!

Make Corn Slime.

Tell a corn joke to one of your friends.

Find corn at home.

Google it! Who were the first people to grow corn in

America?

Eat popcorn! Yum!

Hmmm...

Unscramble the letters to find the answer. Farmers measure their fields in acres. An acre is about the size of a...

btoa l f o l

pounds

POU POU POU

TIME TO EAT!

Graph the amount of food that livestock eat each day.

30 25 20 15 10

5

Sheep

Cow

Pig

On average, the following animals eat...

NDS PER

3

NDS PER

26

NDS PER

7

ed f l i

DAY DAY DAY

Answer: Football Field

Did You Know?

Nebraska is the 3rd largest corn producing state.

CORN SLIME

1. Place 1 cup of cornstarch in a bowl. 2. Add 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon of

water to the cornstarch. 3. Add a few drops of food coloring to

the bowl. 4. Blend mixture together with a fork.

It should flow when the bowl is tipped but feel solid when you touch it. If it is too thick, add a little water. If it is too runny, add a little cornstarch. 5. Play with it like clay, then watch it become liquid again!

(Source: Illinois Ag Mag, Corn)

Fun Facts

One ear of corn has about 16 rows and 800 kernels. The number of rows will always be an even number. There is one silk for every kernel that grows in an

ear of corn.

HIDDEN MESSAGE

Use the key to break the code and read the message.

Key: A=B, B=C, C=D... Z=A

Z f q hb t k s t qd h r s gd

r b h d mb d n e f q n v hm f

e n n c, q z h r h m f

k h u d r s n b j zmc

l z q j d s hmf s gd

Answer: Agriculture is the science of growing food, raising livestock and marketing the products.

o q n c t b s r.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT?!

All of the items below contain corn! How many of

these words can you find?

ACID ASPIRIN BABY FOOD BATTERIES CEREAL CHEWING GUM CHOCOLATE CRAYONS DYES

ETHANOL FABRIC FIREWORKS FLOUR GLUE ICE CREAM INK JELLY JUICE

KETCHUP LIPSTICK LOTION MAKE UP PAINT PAPER PUDDING RUBBER SNACKS

SOAP SOFT DRINKS SORBITOL SOUP SYRUPS TOOTHPASTE VINEGAR VITAMINS

How many of the items above do you have at home or school? If farmers could no longer grow corn, are there things on the list you could live without? If some of the items could be made without corn, do you think they would be as good? Do you think the items would cost more or less than they do now?

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