Local School Districts Receive Ag in the Classroom Grants
Tuesday, November 27th, 2018 -- 8:02 AM
-Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s Ag in the Classroom program has awarded 12 teacher mini-grants to be used for agricultural literacy lessons and activities.The grants, funded by the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation, provide opportunities for teachers to obtain funding that may not be available through their local school budgets. Some local recipients of the grant include the Abbotsford High School for John Slipek’s Seed Germination project. Working with second grade students, the grant will be used to purchase seed, soil and containers for use during this 9-week unit. Each student will be able to plant seeds and monitor growth while observing germination differences, soil temperature, moisture variation, impact of sunlight, growth rate and other factors. The students will also be able to propagate plants using other methods and have plants to take home for Mother’s Day.
The Black River Falls School District also received the grant for Sarah Halverson’s Read About and Make Ice Cream project. Our high school Child Development Class students will create age appropriate lessons for 4K students. The content will be delivered in dairy and ice cream themed stations that are 15 minutes in length. Students will need to include PIES (Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, and Social) developmental milestones in the lessons they create. The grant will be used to buy several books and an ice cream maker. The Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s Ag in the Classroom program also has matching grants available to groups and organizations that conduct agricultural literacy projects. Applications are due by March 1st.
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