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ABOUT AG IN THE CLASSROOM

Ag in the Classroom program helps students understand the importance of agriculture in their daily lives as well as to Iowa's economy. Each county has an Ag in the Classroom coordinator, who provides schools in their county with materials, lesson plans and information on agriculture.

For more information, please contact your county Farm Bureau office.


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  AG IN THE CLASSROOM TEACHER SUPPLEMENT FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR 2010

What are the guidelines?

New guidelines for the 2009-10 Teachers Supplement Program. Please read carefully.

  • Contact your county Farm Bureau Office to determine if your county is participating in the 2009-10 Teachers Supplement program. Click Here for county Farm Bureau contact information. A link to the electronic application, pending county participation in the program, will be available from the county Farm Bureau office after December 15, as counties determine their participation.
  • Kindergarten - 12th grade Iowa teachers in participating county's public and private schools may apply for up to $200 for use in classroom programs that increase agriculture knowledge.
  • Only current year eletronic applications forms from teachers in participating counties will be accepted. Once the electronic application is completed, applicants will need to print the application and obtain the necessary signatures. Once signed and dated, applications must be received by the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation by February 12, 2010. Complete application instructions will be located on the application.
  • A teacher may not apply for more than one grant per year.
  • Recipients will be notified within two months of application deadline. 
  • An itemized expenditure report and receipts must be submitted by Oct. 1, 2010, to the Iowa Farm Bureau, before funds will be dispersed. Checks will be mailed to and are payable to the school.  Items become school property.
  • A wrap-up report must be submitted upon completion of the project. Reports from previous years must be submitted before future grant applications will be considered.
  • Money cannot be used toward before/after school programs; preschool/Kindergarten  preparation classes; projects taking place prior to March 31, 2010; fund raising efforts; political issues or campaigns; teacher salaries/substitutes or professional staff development; basic school supplies; and food and kitchen appliances/utensils. Prohibited items are not limited to those listed.
  • Applications will be reviewed by a panel of judges.  Grant submission does not guarantee funding.  Partial funds may be awarded.

Sample ag education activities that received grant money

  • Pre-trip packet and field trip expenses to Dairy Center in Calmar, Iowa.
  • Incubator & turner, tractors & machinery, books.
  • Plants, seeds, fertilizer.
  • Geoboards to add Ag into math curriculum.
  • Soil sampler, soil N-P-K test kit; soil sieve; soil collection cans, soil thermometer.
  • Farm books.
  • Materials for students to grow their own fruits, veg., & flowering plants.
  • Plants/seeds/pumpkin/soil.
  • 10 copies of “A Sand County Almanac” by Aldo Leopold.
  • Computer software/Ag Business Analysis.
  • Clean water kit.
  • Books, videos, puzzles, toy barn, farm animals, etc.
  • Science quiz game show, Nutrition Lotto, food pyramid activity chart, Learn About Food Groups Book set.
  • Growing in the Garden books.
  • Various toy farm equipment, which reflects equipment currently used on IA farms for food production.
  • Agriscience & Technology videos, Biotechnology curriculum.
  • Model farms/landscape & animal base materials.
  • Ag posters.
  • “Let's Grow Pizza” Ag Day.
  • Test tubes/Test tube rack/soil test kits.
  • Corn & soy products for students to sample.
  • Food processing and how they relate to agriculture.

Funds provided by the Iowa Farm Bureau.

For more information, please contact: Barb Lykins blykins@ifbf.org (515) 225-5460
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Lesson Plans. Click here for lesson plans that can be incorporated into your existing lessons and educational standards.

Resource library. Find out what ag-related educational materials are available for your classroom. Click here to see our resource library.

Materials to order. Many great classroom resources are available for purchase. Click here to see what is available.

Suggested reading. Learn more about suggested agriculture-related resources. Click here to view the suggested reading list.

Resource Guide Click here for a listing designed to help educators locate high quality agricultural resource materials for classroom use.

   COUNTY ACTIVITIES

Click here to see what your local counties are doing to get involved in Ag in the Classroom activities.

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