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Category: Ag in the Classroom
Get the Dirt on Soil!
Dig deeper into the world beneath your feet and explore the science of soil with these resources & learning ag-tivities!
McLean County (IL) teachers can request FREE Soil ag mags and activity kits for their classroom: Click here
Soil Ag-tivities & Reading Materials
- PK-1st Grade
- 2nd – 3rd Grade
- 4th – 6th Grade
- Middle/High School
- Find even more Soil Lessons here!
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Videos:
Books to Read – set up a FREE account on openlibrary.org to read these online books for FREE!
- Handful of Dirt by Raymond Bial
- Jump Into Science: Dirt by Steve Tomecek
Local Ag History Bus Tour
Explore McLean County’s agricultural roots with a morning bus tour lead by local ag historian, Don Meyer, Sat., June 24. Teachers can earn 4 PDCHs courtesy of University of Illinois Extension Livingston-McLean-Woodford Unit.
Tour participants should meet at the McLean County Farm Bureau building at 8 a.m. and the trip will conclude at about 12:30 p.m.
The cost for McLean County Farm Bureau members is $25 per person and non-members is $35 per person. Breakfast pastries and coffee will be available at 7:45 a.m. Bottled water will be available on the bus.
The narrated tour will primarily be on the bus, with one or two brief stops and minimal walking.
The tour will feature sites in southwestern McLean County in and around Stanford, Danvers, McLean and Funk’s Grove including:
- A tile factory site
- Cracker Jack crib
- Moore’s Mill
- Ghost Towns
- Funk’s Grove church & cemetery & much more!
A minimum of 30 participants must be registered by June 15 for the tour to be held.
2023 Summer Teacher Workshop
Join us May 30 – June 2 for our 2023 Summer AITC Workshop for Teachers!
- 4 Days of field trips, tours, hands on lesson ideas & FREE STEM resources
- Geared for pre-K to grade 12 educators
- Earn 30 PDCHs (professional development clock hours), plus 2 graduate level college credit hours available (optional/additional fee)
- Take home lesson ideas, materials & grant opportunities for use in your classroom next year!
Cost is $50 for the workshop.
Tuition for 2 hours of Graduate Credit from St. Francis University is $200
(Course #REAL 694 R Agriscience Educator Institute)
Instructors: Bridget Caldwell, retired Unit 5 educator & past McLean County Ag in the Classroom Coordinator & Katie Buckley, University of Illinois Extension
Please note: Teachers will be responsible for their own transportation to field trip/tour locations, you can arrange your own carpool if desired
Registration deadline May 15, 2023
Strawberries
Learn more about strawberries these ag-tivities!
McLean County (IL) teachers can request FREE ag mags and activity kits for their classroom: Click here
Reading Materials:
Ag-tivities:
Books to Read – Contact us to check out books from our McLean AITC library!
- I Love Strawberries by Shannon Anderson
- A Berry Good Project by Rick Henningfeld
Videos