News: Teacher stories
Teachers all over the state and beyond are using Feed the World lessons with their students! See how other teachers are implementing this curriculum in their classrooms, learn about emerging agricultural topics and resources, and get the latest updates on our workshops and satellite activities.
More grant supplies in action!
Trevor Tom teaches at Franklin Local Community School. His school supply budget is limited, and he often has to purchase his own. Tom attended the ethanol workshop and then applied for a grant for more classroom materials. “I used the supplies with my Agricultural Science class,” Tom said. “We used the corn mash distillation lesson and nutrient …
Learning patience while learning science
Learning is happening all the time, and it may involve unexpected things. Molly Niese’s science class at Madison-Plains High School recently got some life lessons along with science knowledge. This was thanks to a supply grant from Ohio Corn & Wheat and Feed the World. Niese received a distillation kit to take her students through the Energy …
It’s more fun in a flock
Our Agvocates Trevor Horn and Shelby Dodds recently showed off their culinary skills at a special teacher event. Feed the World alumni educators gathered with other Educationprojects.org teacher leaders at the Ohio Poultry Association building for a poultry-focused evening. The attendees split into teams to create unique deviled egg fillings to …
Collaborative learning
Leslie Watson is an intervention specialist for the Seneca East Local School District. She received grant supplies from Ohio Corn & Wheat to help her implement Feed the World lessons in the classroom. “I took my 3 students into Ellen Lynch’s 7th Grade Science class of about 20 and we completed the Corn fermentation in a bag and ethanol lessons …
A grant gift for the gifted program
Traci Ehrick works with gifted students at Philo Junior High School. After attending the Feed the World Energy and ethanol workshop, she applied for a grant that provided her with a distillation set up. Students Kenton and Haiden went through the distillation process as described in the Feed the World energy curriculum . “We have a little bit of a …
Measuring mass with classroom-created biodiesel
Tami Golliday of Bexley High School attended last summer’s Science of Food and Fuel workshop, sponsored by USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, in Springfield, Ohio. She used the Renewable diesel lesson with her AP Chemistry class. “My students synthesized biodiesel using corn oil, soybean oil, and Plenish Oil. They were going to …
Transforming bacteria
Sara Brewer teaches at Greenon Junior/Senior High School, and she attended last summer’s Feed the World 2-day workshop. She completed the biotechnology lesson from the workshop, “Transforming Bacteria” with her Advanced Biology classes. I began with a lesson about all of the components we would be working with, including what was in the agar in …
Meet Agvocate Shelby Dodds
Shelby Dodds teaches science at Global Impact STEM Academy. She received her Bachelors of Science in Agriculture and Education from Wilmington College. She’s using social media as a way to share her passion and knowledge about agriculture with others! Miss_Agriculture_Science posts about what she’s doing in her classroom, as well as other …