Teacher's Information about Liberty Ridge Farm

Admission payment: Head up to admissions building located in the parking lot. Cash, Checks and credit cards are accepted (Visa, MasterCard and Discover). You may use BBOCES or a school purchase order. Admission is $9 per student and chaperones, (children 2 and under are free).  Faculty and paid staff are free.  After paying for admission you will be free to start your adventure!  if you have question please call us (518)664-1515

BOOK YOUR FIELD TRIP HERE!

What to do on your visit:

• Passport game is a great teambuilding activity- Helps you navigate through the maze by answering questions; there are a variety of topics for every grade level!
• Cornundrums, fun mind-twisting puzzles, are posted on signs throughout the maze.

Pig Races - We have shows daily 11am and 12pm. Make sure to make time for this hilarious show and cheer on your favorite pig!

Miss Moo’s Musical Revue - A barn full of animals singing, telling jokes and providing educational programs on farm life.

Pumpkin Cannon - Shows provides lesson in potential and kinetic energy while watching a pumpkin sale a quater of a mile.

Brad’s Barnyard Adventure - There are many educational activities in the barnyard:

• Themed cottages in Camp Celebration- learn about life on the farm
• Bee Barn- watch an educational video on Bees; observe a real honeybee hive!
• Giant Gerbil Wheels and pedal carts- human powered and very fun!
• Lil’ Farmersville- an area devoted for preschool aged children.  

Trolley Ride - Hop onto the trolley, we have stops all around the farm, to take a ride around the grounds and then out to our pumpkin patch where everyone takes home a free pumpkin!

Don’t forget to eat lunch! You are welcome to eat at anytime- classes are not required to eat together. Your lunches will be in the large event tent in the corn unless you are told otherwise by a staff member.

*Cow train is not open during the weekday for school field trips. Field trip rate is only valid M-F with an arrival before 1pm. Home schools are welcome; parent/teachers are given the chaperone rate.*

Please use the lesson plans links below to enhance your learning experience when you come to the farm. Your students will have the chance to learn about corn, pumpkins, and farm animals by adding a lesson plan from below with your field trip to our farm.

SPACEFARM7 lesson plans and activities for Kindergarten & 1st Grade
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SPACEFARM7 lesson plans and activities for 2nd & 3rd Grade
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SPACEFARM7 lesson plans and activities for 4th & 5th Grade
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SPACEFARM7 Coloring & Activity Sheets
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Pumpkin Life Cycle What: A lesson plan focusing on the understanding of the pumpkin life cycle was created through the Internet based 8 Step Task Stream Staff Development ...
http://visalia.k12.ca.us/teachers/psmith/cstp/3/pumpkin_life_cycle.htm

Grades 1-2. Where does your food come from? National Farmers Union Youth Curriculum offers 5 lesson plans about farmers, where our food comes from, farm diversification, and about preserving food.
http://www.nfu.org/wp-content/grades-1-2-lesson-plans.pdf

Grades 1-3
A day without Agriculture. Teaches children about how agriculture affects their daily lives- what do you use everyday that is grown? Could you go a day without agriculture?
http://www.clover.okstate.edu/fourh/aitc/lessons/primary/daywoag.pdf

Grades 2-4. “just Kid-ing Around”. Lesson plan about Goats.
http://extension.usu.edu/aitc/lessons/pdf/kidding.pdf

Grades 3-5. All about pollination. Multiple lesson plans available on pollination. Learn about how parts of the flower and how bees pollinate them.
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/partners_in_pollination/lesson1_main.html

Grades 4-5. Lesson plan about Corn.  Biology of corn, how to grow it and its history in the United States. h)
http://www.ksgrains.com/corn/CornClass04.pdf

Grades 4-5.  “Miss Moo and You.” Learning about Cows. A great lesson plan to learn about the biology of cows, types of cows and what kinds of food cows produce.
http://www.nyaged.org/aitc/resources/pdf/activities/miss.pdf

Grades 4-5. A harvest lesson plan. “Harvesting the Garden.” How do farmers harvest their crops? How do they earn a profit with their produce? Lesson is taught around pumpkins.
http://www.nyaged.org/aitc/resources/pdf/activities/harvest.pdf

Grades 4-5. Learning about Plants. “The Right Plants the Right Place”. Teaches about perennials, annuals, habitat and climate.
http://www.nyaged.org/aitc/resources/pdf/activities/right.pdf

Quizes about Agriculture for grades K-5
http://www.agclassroom.org/teacher/agknow.htm

NY Agriculture in the Classroom website:
http://www.nyaged.org/aitc/

Grades 8-9. “The Big Apple.” Lesson plan to teach about economics and how farmers make decisions about prices using apples as the product.
http://extension.usu.edu/aitc/lessons/pdf/big_apple.pdf