Soil, genetics, animal science, engineering, technology – the possibilities are almost endless!
Apply for an Ag Science Grant from McLean County Farm Bureau Foundation to add hands-on learning to your classroom. Pick one of the recommended kits or submit your own idea!
Need ideas? Check out the kit list or see last year’s winners here!
Expand your classroom resources with a project grant from Illinois Ag in the Classroom!
Grants for up to $300 can be used to purchase materials for agricultural teaching units, classroom presentations, career fairs and more.
Items that are not eligible for grant funding include field trips, landscaping, plants, incubators and one time use consumables.
Find all the details and apply here.
Application deadline: October 11, 2019
Grow your classroom library with a book grant from Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom! Apply by Oct. 11 to receive up to $250 in books.
Check out the categories & titles below.
Kindergarten through second grade classrooms can dive into learning about dairy with the St. Louis Dairy Council Adopt A Cow program!
The program allows classes to “adopt” a calf on an Illinois dairy farm, name it and receive monthly pictures and updates.
After signing up, the classroom will receive a printable birth certificate, which they can use to name the calf, and a poster to track the calf’s growth through the monthly photos that the teacher will receive via email.
To find out more & register by Sept. 13! Click here.
Fall 2019 Purple Plow Challenge – Growing Green
In this challenge, students will learn about energy in various forms and design as well as build and share a solution that diversifies energy consumption.
Students will research, students will design, test and demonstrate a solution to answer the question: How can we improve or diversify the way agriculture generates or consumes energy? Get all the resources here: https://www.purpleplow.org/challenges/
Challenge deadline Nov. 22!
