Where are students learning about agriculture and farming? Thanks to the efforts of two dedicated teachers, agriculture students can now be found in a somewhat unexpected urban setting. Columbus City Schools had FFA chapters in two career centers during the 1980s and 90s, but the buildings are now closed. Two… Read More
More than 150 Ohio Career Tech administrators and teachers were introduced to 21st century agriculture during the annual conference for the Association of Career Technical Educators, held at the Easton Hilton in Columbus, July 30-31. The audience learned about the GrowNextGen (GNG) website and its features: curriculum created by Ohio… Read More
GrowNextGen (GNG) offers curriculum in a number of subject areas including agriscience, biology/bioscience, chemistry, and environmental science, and more. All the curriculum is developed by Ohio science, chemistry and agriscience instructors, and new additions are made regularly. This article highlights two of the new units that Rachel Sanders, a science… Read More
GrowNextGen.org exists to equip Ohio’s science and agriscience teachers with tools and resources to connect agriculture and science in the classroom and to educate students about careers in science and agriculture. GrowNexGen’s teacher leaders hit the road this summer to help spread the word about the site and engage teachers… Read More
Jane Hunt, an environmental science teacher at Upper Arlington High School, partnered with industry professionals and colleagues to educate her students on real-life applications to the agricultural industry and career possibilities for their future. Working with algebra teacher Erin Mayne, Hunt demonstrated how agriculture and mathematics can work together in… Read More
The Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) launched today a new education initiative on its website (www.ohiosoybeanfarmers.org) in an effort to provide facts and resources about GMOs (genetically modified organisms) and dispel common myths about this sometimes controversial technology. “GMOs may be one of the most misunderstood crops on the market,”… Read More
Whitney Short and Courtney Bockbrader, both agriculture education teachers at Anthony Wayne Schools, recently conducted two biotechnology workshops for other agriculture education teachers at the Ohio Ag Ed Summer Conference. Short and Bockbrader both serve as teacher leaders who develop curricular units and classroom materials for a website called GrowNextGen.org. Read More
As a soybean farmer, you’re a steward to the environment. From the fields you plow to the corps you grow, you impact the land and water around you. As an Ohio soybean farmer, your impact travels along the current of the Ohio River, from Pennsylvania to the Mighty Mississippi and… Read More
WORTHINGTON, Ohio – How can soybeans help Ohio teachers connect students to challenging and rewarding careers in agriculture, food science, engineering, biotechnology, chemistry and more? The answer is GrowNextGen.org. GrowNextGen offers STEM-based curriculum, interactive e-learning courses, career videos and the ability to network with other Ohio teachers. The Ohio… Read More