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STEM education is hot, and agriculture includes many connections to STEM lessons, activities, and careers. Participants in the 2019 Tech in Ag workshop, sponsored by EducationProjects.org, the Ohio State University, and USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, learned about those connections. OSU’s Dr. Alex Lindsey shared about Ohio’s …

Data is helpful only if you know how to interpret it. Participants in the Tech in Ag workshop, sponsored by EducationProjects.org, the Ohio State University, and USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture, gathered data and then learned how to analyze it to make agricultural management decisions. First, participants gathered soil samples …

“Hands-on activities” get even more exciting when they involve razor blades! Participants in the Tech in Ag workshop, sponsored by EducationProjects.org, the Ohio State University, and USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s PD-STEP program, had the opportunity to try their hands at vegetable grafting. Mark Kroggel, OSU lecturer in …

A group of 30 teachers toured the POET Biorefining—Marion plant as part of the Ohio Corn & Wheat-sponsored Feed the World workshop. After making ethanol as part of a science lab, teachers were able to see how this process is done on a larger scale! Rick Fox, the general manager, said, “Biofuels support farmers, improve engine performance, cost …

30 teachers from across Ohio spent two days in inquiry-based, hands-on STEM lessons addressing Ohio science standards in Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Science and Middle School Science. The Feed the World workshop, held at Tri-Rivers Career Center, was sponsored by Ohio Corn & Wheat. Rebecca Wedertz from North Union High School heard about …

(For Feed the World, that is!) Participants in the Ohio Corn & Wheat-sponsored Feed the World 2 day workshop learn how they can connect agriculture to the science standards for their middle school and high school students. The workshop’s industry dinner gives them the opportunity to meet people from various ag-related lines of work and hear …

Feed the World alumni educator Jeremy Grove presented at the STEMM conference in Cleveland on a genetic transformation lab. This lab is part of our Biotechnology unit—check it out!

Feed the World lead educator Heather Bryan shared water quality lessons with teachers at the Ohio Association of Agricultural Educators summer conference. Participants learned how to set up an indoor ‘stream’ to check water quality. We love to share our resources with teachers! Hope to see you at a workshop or outreach event soon!