Posted: 12.18.2011
Wisconsin Farm Bureau's Ag in the Classroom program is
offering grants up to $100 to pre-school through high school teachers,
in a public or private school system, to fund projects that promote
agricultural literacy in the classroom. Grants can be used for
innovative lessons, activities, resources, presentations, school fairs
and other creative ideas. Projects should focus on integrating
agriculture into a variety of curriculum areas.
A judging committee will review all funding requests that are properly
completed and postmarked by the January 15 deadline. Applications can be
downloaded from www.wisagclassroom.org (Teachers Information tab) and
must be typed. Items considered when evaluating the applications include
quality and uniqueness of the agricultural lesson, activity or project,
integration of agriculture into a variety of curriculum areas, alignment
with Wisconsin Model Academic Standards, assessment methods used to
evaluate student's knowledge and quality of application.
The proposed project must be targeted to grades pre-K through 12 and
should enhance student knowledge of the contribution made by
agriculture. Projects that use funds toward an ongoing, sustainable
education effort will receive preference over those that involve a
one-time program. Proposed projects or events designed to reach large
groups of students will be given preference, as will those that involve
innovative approaches to promoting agricultural literacy.
For more information about the teacher mini-grants, contact Darlene
Arneson at 608.828.5719 or darneson@wfbf.com.
Farm Bureau's Ag in the Classroom program provides teachers and students
K-12 with an understanding of how their food is produced. The program
seeks to work within existing curricula to provide basic information on
our nation's largest industry: Agriculture. Wisconsin's Ag in the
Classroom program is carried out by a network of local educators,
volunteers and representatives from agricultural organizations and
businesses. The goal of the program is to help students gain a greater
awareness of the role of agriculture in the economy and society, so that
they may become citizens who support wise agricultural policies.
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