Category: Ag in the Classroom

teachers: Grow What You Know & Earn PDCHs

Join us June 4-7 for our 2019 Summer AITC Workshop for Teachers!

  • 4 Days of field trips, tours & hands on lesson ideas
  • Geared for pre-K to grade 12 educators
  • Earn 30 PDCHs (professional development clock hours), plus 2 graduate level college credit hours available (additional fee)
  • Learn about FREE resources for STEM lessons aligned with Common Core & Next Generation Science Standards
  • Take home lesson ideas, materials & grant opportunities for use in your classroom next year!

Cost is $95 for the workshop. Tuition for 2 hours of Graduate Credit from St. Francis University is $200.

Click here to register.

Purple Plow Challenge: Protect the Pollinators

Check out the Spring 2019 Purple Plow Challenge: Protect the Pollinators!

Students will research, students will design, test and demonstrate a solution that will sustain or improve pollinator well-being. Get all the resources here: https://www.purpleplow.org/challenges/pollinator-challenge

Submission deadline: May 1!

President’s Day Books & Activities

President’s Day is just around the corner! Check out these books & activities for hands-on learning about these notable Presidents & their connection to agriculture:

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LeRoy Teacher Wins Trip to Arkansas

Katie Buckley, STEM Educator at LeRoy Junior/Senior High school won a scholarship to attend the 2019 National Ag in the Classroom Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas, June 18-21.

Buckley received the White-Reinhart Fund for Education Scholarship in recognition for her work to incorporate ag in her classroom.

Plant Breeding Ag Mag

Discovery how plant breeding works with a colorful Ag Mag from the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture.

Topics include: definition of seed technology, how DNA works within the cell, what kinds of seeds are found around the world & how plant breeding has evolved.

Recommended for Grades 5-8

Please give us plenty of notice to order these ag mags to allow time for shipping.

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