Newsletter from Maine Agriculture in the Classroom

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July Newsletter
#70

2017

SUMMER TEACHER'S INSTITUTE, July 31 - August 4

University of Maine at Farmington

The week will include fiber, Art, food preservation, and many lessons in the classroom as well as 2 days of tours that include Boothby's Orchard, Norlands, Sheep Farm, Dairy and crops farms, Nursery and much more!

Visit our website for more information and to download the registration form!

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Save the Date!

The National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference is coming to Portland, ME! June 26-29, 2018. Keep your eyes and ears open for great opportunities!

Places for Pollinators Workshop

Join Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District for a hands-on workshop to learn about pollinators and how to create and improve habitats for them at home.

For more information.

Read ME Agriculture County Leads

Maine Agriculture in the Classroom is looking for help for our future Read ME Programs.

If you're interested in being the lead in your county to help coordinate the volunteer reading program, please contact Kelsey.

Lessons:

- A Walnut Orchard Through the Seasons. Grades: K-2. Students will gain an understanding of the changes that take place in a walnut orchard through the seasons by reading and discussing a story about a walnut farm and learning the meaning of important vocabulary words.

- Farmer George: The Seeds of a Presidency. Grades 3-5. Students will read two books and pursue a process of inquiry to profile George Washington, understanding and evaluating the personal characteristics that made him a great leader while also exploring historical and modern food systems.

- Wheat: Ancient and Ageless. Grades: 6-8. Students will explore the importance of wheat in the development of culture by learning about the advent of agriculture, discussing wheat cultivation in ancient Egypt, threshing a head of wheat with their hands, and making a corn dolly out of wheat stems.

- The Cattle Drive and Westward Expansion. Grades: 9-12.

Students will gain a greater understanding of the historical context and purpose of the cattle drives that took place in the mid 1880s. Students will be able to explain the cause and effect relationships of life on the frontier including, population growth, and later the invention and use of barbed wire, refrigeration, and railroads.

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