Ag in the Classroom Plan of Work

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Title:
Ag in the Classroom
MAP:
Agriculture Production, Profit, and Management
Agents Involved:
ANR Agent
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Situation:

Ag in the classroom with pre-K school 

Long-Term Outcomes:

Is building a relationship with the local schools 

Intermediate Outcomes:

Is going monthly to do a ag in the classroom 

Initial Outcomes:

Is doing hands on ag and hort items with the kids 

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Going to the classroom 

Indicator: seeing the students doing items by themselves 

Method: 

Timeline: School year 

Intermediate Outcome:

Indicator:

Method:

Timeline: School Year


Long-term Outcome: what the students have learned through the year 

Indicator:

Method:

Timeline: School Year 

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Pre-K students 

Project or Activity: Gardening 

Content or Curriculum: Ag in the Classroom 

Inputs: Agent funded 

Date: Spring 


Audience: Pre-K students 

Project or Activity: Dairy cattle 

Content or Curriculum: Ag in the classroom 

Inputs: Agent 

Date: May 


Audience: Pre-K Students 

Project or Activity:  corn/pumpkins 

Content or Curriculum: Ag in the classroom 

Inputs: Agent 

Date: Fall



Success Stories

Ag in the Classroom Pre-K Schools Flowers Program

Author: Katie Hughes

Major Program: Agriculture & Natural Resources

Ag in the Classroom Pre-K Schools Flowers Program

The problem: Ag in the classroom is help the younger students understand about Ag/hort  within the community and across the state. The educational program response: I went to the local pre-k school to talk about flowers and how they help our environment. Students then created a snack flower to eat where they put different vegetables/fruits on a sheet to make a flower. After that the students then got a ice cream cone to fill with soil and put flower seeds in to take home and grow them.

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Ag in the Classroom Pre-K Schools Dairy Cattle

Author: Katie Hughes

Major Program: Agriculture & Natural Resources

Ag in the Classroom Pre-K Schools Dairy Cattle

The problem  Ag in the classroom is help the younger students understand about Ag/hort  within the community and across the state. The educational program response: The dairy cattle program was to teach the students about how ice cream is made and all the hard work that goes into being a dairy farmer. The book that was read to the students was the Tales of the Dairy Godmother Chuck’s Ice Cream Wish (which is a Ag in the Classroom National book). After the students learned al

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