Missouri Beef Toolkit
A one-stop collection of educational resources to help bring beef to life in the classroom. Explore videos, lesson plans, PowerPoints, infographics, handouts and more - designed to make learning about beef, agriculture and the journey from pasture to plate engaging and easy.
Beef Knowledge, Ready to Go
Make beef education easy with resources designed to help students learn, explore and connect. Dive into videos, lesson plans, PowerPoints, infographics, handouts and more covering beef from pasture to plate.
3D Beef Lesson Plans: Engaging, hands-on learning for every grade level
These free lesson plans use a 3D beef cuts model to bring agriculture and food science to life. With activities tailored for elementary through high school, students explore where beef comes from, learn key cuts, and connect their knowledge to real-world cooking, nutrition, and marketing. Each lesson is flexible, fun, and ready to use - with or without the physical model.
Beef Marketing Challenge
Students explore how beef cuts are marketed and work in teams to develop a strategy for their assigned cut. Teams then compete to create the most persuasive pitch and convince others why their cut deserves the spotlight.
Race to the Cuts
Students will work in teams to race against the clock, labeling each beef cut and placing it in the correct location on the steer. The team that is both fastest and most accurate wins!
Build-A-Steer
Students will work together to assemble a 3-D model of a beef (steer), putting the pieces in the correct place as they learn where different cuts come from.
Put It Together
Students will learn beef anatomy by identifying and labeling major primals and subprimals. Then, they’ll put their knowledge to work by creating a 3-D beef model using physical materials.