All About Watermelons

With each Flat Aggie report, I’ll be putting together a list additional resources, websites, recipes, books, and activities.  Use this with Flat Aggie’s visit to a North Carolina watermelon farm to bring this Agmazing Adventures to life!

Classroom Activities & Resources

• National Watermelon Promotion Board (activities, lessons, coloring pages, recipes)
• From Illinois Ag in the Classroom:
• Specialty Crop Ag Mag
• A Bee’s Life (lesson book)
• From Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom:
• Watermelon lessons
  

Books

• One Watermelon Seed by Celia Lottridge
• No Spitting Watermelon Seeds by Martha Rose Woodward
• Watermelon for Everyone by Martha Rose Woodward
• Watermelon House by Brenda Alice Walton
• Watermelon Day by Kathy Appelt
• Watermelon Wishes by Lisa Moser

Web Resources

• North Carolina Watermelon Association: http://ncmelons.com/
• Watermelon Facts: http://study.com/academy/lesson/watermelon-facts-lesson-for-kids.html
• Bee Informed (Watermelons & Bees): https://beeinformed.org/2014/08/25/watermelon-pollination/