▁teach es ▁its ▁students ▁about ▁math , ▁science , ▁agricult ure , ▁reducing , ▁re using , ▁and ▁comp ost ing . ▁ ▁Wal ton ▁R ural ▁Life ▁Center ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁public ▁elementary ▁school ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁to ▁add ▁agricult ure ▁to ▁its ▁curr icul um . ▁The ▁teachers ▁design ▁projects ▁based ▁on ▁subjects ▁that ▁interest ▁the ▁students . ▁Math , ▁science , ▁and ▁agricult ure ▁are ▁the ▁main ▁concepts ▁studied . ▁Instead ▁of ▁reading ▁from ▁a ▁text book , ▁students ▁experience ▁hands - on ▁learning . ▁The ▁school ▁has ▁farm ▁animals ▁and ▁Kinder g arten ▁through ▁fourth ▁grad ers ▁take ▁turns ▁doing ▁ch ores ▁and ▁feed ing ▁the ▁animals . ▁For ▁example , ▁the ▁students ▁gather ▁eggs , ▁clean ▁them , ▁and ▁check ▁them ▁for ▁cra cks . ▁When ▁this ▁is ▁all ▁done , ▁they ▁sell ▁the ▁eggs ▁and ▁decide ▁what ▁to ▁do ▁with ▁the ▁money ▁they ▁earned . ▁The ▁school ▁also ▁has ▁a ▁green house ▁where ▁the ▁students ▁grow ▁flowers , ▁plants , ▁and ▁veget ables . ▁ ▁Film ▁Using ▁Agricult ure ▁to ▁Sp ur ▁Ach iev ement ▁: ▁The ▁Wal ton ▁ 2 1 st ▁Century ▁R ural ▁Life ▁Center , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁U . S . ▁Department ▁of ▁Education ▁fil med ▁a ▁document ary ▁at ▁the ▁Wal ton ▁ 2 1 st ▁Century ▁R ural ▁Life ▁Center ▁char ter ▁elementary ▁school ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁ ▁The ▁crew ▁also ▁interview ed ▁farm ▁families , ▁teachers , ▁students , ▁and