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Resources for Teachers

Introducing agriculture to your students is a fun and engaging way to incorporate aspects of science, math, environmental lessons, leadership, stewardship and respect for all living things as they relate to local farmers in our region.

Worksheets and Fact Sheets to Inspire Learning (or Just Keep Them Busy):

History: What Capt. John Smith thought about farming, plus a Word Scramble. (Sheet is in color but can be printed in black and white.)

Look under "For Students" for more.

All Things Dairy:

Click here to visit the National Dairy Council Site and harvest all kinds of information and teacher resources.

Answer guides for Items on This Site:

Chicken Word Search

Links

The Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation makes it easy for teachers to use agriculture to illustrate key educational ideas so that all students can easily understand them. MAEF hosts field trips, tours and hands-on workshops, and conducts interactive training for K-12 grade teachers to demonstrate how to infuse agricultural concepts into existing curriculum and meet Maryland State Standards.

These workshops provide teachers with handy resource materials and ready-to-use lessons. The mobile science labs provide students with on-site, agricultural training when they travel to schools throughout the state.

Teachers can visit the Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation Web site, www.maefonline.com, and sign up for Ag in the Classroom training. Use this site to check the availability of having the mobile science lab visit your school and encourage your students to use the MAEF Web site as a valuable resource for science projects and more!

The Maryland Grain Producers Association site, www.marylandgrain.com, includes a list of helpful links to both teacher- and student-friendly sites. The association's members, as well as the Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board, which is farmer-funded by the state grains checkoff, sponsor this site.

Visit the Delmarva Poultry Industry site, www.dpichicken.org for a list of resources for teachers. It’s sponsored by DPI, the trade organization for the poultry industry on the peninsula.