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Ag in the Classroom Takes the Bus- Full of School Teachers- to See All Things Agriculture
Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:56:00 CDT
Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom has one of their signature events of the year getting underway on Tuesday morning, July 17th. State Coordinator Dana Bessinger for the Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom efforts dropped us an email and provided a "play by play" of the three day bus tour with fifty Oklahoma school teachers.
"We are taking 50 teachers On the Road with Ag in the Classroom tomorrow, Tuesday July 17th. We are leaving from ODAFF bright and early and heading to the Cimarron Valley Research Station. We will look at peaches, grapes, and pecans while there and connect them to our lessons: Good Grapes, Just Peachy, and Pecan Fingerprints.
From there we will head to Morrison Event Center and meet some of our great partners - Oklahoma Soybean Board, Southwest Dairy Farmers, Farm to You, Made-In-Oklahoma, and Farm Bureau. Lesson connections there will include Ag in the Playing Fields, The Story of Milk, and Oklahoma Grown.
"We'll stop at Head Country Manufacturing in Ponca City and then head to Blubaugh Angus Ranch to look at some genetics and a super bull! Several of our beef lessons will be featured including Beef is Good for You, Chew it Twice, and Genetics- a List of Traits.
"This professional development opportunity is sponsored by Oklahoma Beef Council and a USDA/CREES grant. It provides teachers an up close and personal look at agriculture while connecting them with lessons and resources aligned to the new state standards.
"We'll be on the road Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday we will be at the Pioneer Woman statue, Silver Top Farms for a look at sheep and area history. A tour of the Osage Cattle Ranch and supper at John Hughes finalizes that day.
"Thursday we will be making some ag and art connections at Woolarock, stopping by the ranch of Mike and Lotsee Spradling in Tulsa County to look at horses, and back home again."
To learn more about the Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom program, click here.
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