Soybean Education Resources
Bringing Soybeans into the Classroom, Home and Play
Below you will find free guides for soybean learning and fun in PDF format! Activities focus on science literacy and science skills, innovation, problem-based learning, and are designed for the following audiences:
- Teachers
- Parents
- Students
- Summer Camp Leaders
- 4-H Advisors
- After-school Coordinators
- Ag-Day Events
Farmers Fueling the Future8-page activity guide designed for grades 6-12. Explore an alternative fuel, biodiesel, do an experiment exploring biomass and research clean air issues related to school bus transportation. Designed using the 5E Learning Cycle, the guide includes an exclusionary brainstorming activity, web quest ideas, and connections to science standards. | Soy McCoy Coloring BookSoy McCoy is a 6-foot tall, walking, talking, big green soybean with one very important mission - to have loads of fun telling kids about soybeans! Use some elementary math and science skills and a box of crayons to learn about things all around that are made of soybeans. |
Soybeans are Everywhere: Beans About Water8-page activity guide designed for grades 3-8. Five experiments explore the properties of water including surface tension, cohesion and surfactants. Uses the 5 E Learning Cycle: engage, explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate. Includes reproducible student experiment pages and a teacher tracking chart. | Bean TeamWeek of activities centered around soy science, fun nutrition, food science and inventions using math, literacy, and science skills. Includes a web quest, trash-to-treasure invention, fun nutrition activities, kid-friendly recipes, and ideas for a celebration created by students. Designed for after-school programs, camps, and 4-H events. |
Cool Beans...It's SOYence!!Developed with science center COSI, this Ohio Statewide Science Workshop activity guide was sent to 117,000 k-12 classrooms in Ohio. Featuring five fun science experiments with soybeans, the activities explore science content such as properties of water and oil, sound/vibration, centripetal force, and germination. Fun activities for classrooms, after school programs, 4H events, and camps. | Meet the Bean: Soybeans are Everywhere8-page activity guide designed for pre-school through grade 4. Four reproducible worksheets direct students to observe seeds, sort seeds, create bar graphs. Includes directions for seed germination necklaces, bean buddies, and stress balls. Resources include kid-friendly recipes for soy lip balm, soy plastic. Great for classrooms, camps, |
Soybeans: From Ballast to Biotech
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Soyfoods: Combat the Epidemic of Overweight and UnderageExplore soy solutions to obesity problems. Designed for parents, teachers, or health/nutrition education programs. Twelve pages of practical suggestions and nutrition information. Includes descriptions of soy foods and soy protein content of many common foods. Kid-friendly, healthy soy recipes such as green mashed potatoes, trail mix, and graham cracker surprise. | Soyfoods: Health with Ease and FlavorExplore the health benefits of soy related to heart health, osteoporosis, cancer prevention and kidney function. Twelve pages of practical suggestions on how to incorporate soy into your diet. Includes descriptions of soy foods, easy recipes and a zillion ways to use tofu. Designed for seniors and health/nutrition education programs. |
Soyfoods: A Nutrition PowerhouseCD for nutrition educators in all settings and everyone who wants nutrition information for audiences pre-school through adult. Includes:
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8-page activity guide on the science of biotechnology. Designed for grades 9-12 and includes DNA model plans, a web quest, and a point of view activity to explore the controversy surrounding biotechnology. Includes a list of resources, web sites, service-learning ideas and connections to the education standards. 
4-page activity guide designed for grades 6-12. Students research their own power profiles and connect nutrition to athletic performance. Includes a fad diet web quest, student eating survey, recipes, service-learning ideas and connections to the health curriculum performance objectives. 