Extension, 4-H among Ag Tag winners; will help kids learn about agriculture
Florida Agriculture in the Classroom, Inc. has approved funding for its 2007 Volunteer Grants program.
The Gainesville-based nonprofit approved 21 grant projects around the state.The association will spend more than $27,000 and organizers estimate they will reach nearly 15,000 students statewide.
Florida Ag in the Classroom uses proceeds from agriculture specialty license tag sales to fund grants to educate students and teachers about the importance of agriculture.
Among the winners with IFAS extension or 4-H ties:
•Clay County 4-H will conduct an embryology project that teaches students about the life cycles of quail, embryo development, the environment and life skills.
•Columbia County extension will provide a six-week program to second graders in which they study nutrition and Florida commodities that are part of the USDA Food Pyramid.
•Indian River extension will extend throughout the school year the Florida Agriculture Literacy program hosted by Florida Ag in the Classroom in March.
•Jackson County extension will organize school field trips for students to have hands-on experiences with commodities produced in the area, namely row crops, beef production, forage commodities and forestry.
•Manatee County 4-H will educate third graders about Florida agriculture as it relates to food production, water use, and its importance to students’ daily lives.
•Osceola County extension will offer a Florida Ag in the Classroom Workshop to teachers to help them prepare their students for hands-on agricultural activities during Farm City week.
•Santa Rosa extension will develop a hands-on, mobile agriculture unit to be used to promote agriculture awareness and literacy.
•Santa Rosa County extension and Santa Rosa County Fair will develop a tour to teach third graders about poultry embryology and provide teachers with an incubator and embryology project they can use in their classrooms.
•St. Johns County extension will organize a field trip for fourth graders to teach them about local agriculture production and the importance of agriculture to students’ daily lives.
•Sumter County Extension will hold a Florida Ag in the Classroom workshop to train elementary school teachers how to use agriculture-related lessons in their classrooms.
•Taylor County extension will host an “Agriculture Day” in which fifth graders visit 10 stations to learn about local commodity production.
Florida Agriculture in the Classroom, Inc.
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