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Chad Schwinnen Connects Biochemistry to Agriculture at New Albany High School

Biology teachers Chad Schwinnen of New Albany and Jessica Jones of Olmsted Falls do …

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Soil & Water Quality in the Classroom

Highbanks Metro Park (Lewis Center, OH)
An outdoor professional learning event for science teachers on classroom soil & water investigations
Sep 22, 2025 at 1 pm

Virtual Field Trip: Day in the Life of a Corn Farmer

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Middle and high school teachers of environmental science, biology, chemistry and physics: Virtually connect your classroom to a working Ohio corn farm for a day in the life of a farmer. Join us for a LIVE trip to Haerr Grain Farm to see what farmers do during harvest season and discover how science and technology guide their daily decisions.

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Why is corn a valuable crop? How does corn grow, pollinate, and produce kernels? What farming techniques are important to increase corn yield?

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How is farming a system? What are the inputs (fertilizer, pesticide, seed) and outputs (crop yield, emissions, runoff)? What impact does soil as a storage have on the consequences of these inputs and outputs?

Did you know?

There are seven operational ethanol plants in Ohio.

33% of Ohio’s corn crop is used to make ethanol. Over 95% of all U.S. fuel contains 10% ethanol.

Ohio corn is used for more than food.

Ohio corn is used for feed, fuel, and other renewable products.

Ohio is the seventh leading producer of corn in the United States.

In 2021, Ohio’s farmers harvested over 1,437 hectares of corn. That’s about 154,677,393 square feet of corn!

Ethanol helps to produce cleaner air.

The use of fuels containing ethanol blends reduce toxic tailpipe emissions by up to 50%.