- Projects should focus on integrating agriculture into a variety of curriculum areas.
- High School Ag teachers may apply with an elementary teacher if their classes or FFA Chapters are working with a specific classroom.
- For accepted grants, books will be shipped directly to the teacher at their school.
- The teacher will complete a Final Report by May 30, 2020.
- You may contact your county Ag Literacy Coordinator for help with this application. A listing of coordinators can be found on our website, www.agintheclassroom.org.
- Application deadline is October 11, 2019.
- Teachers selected for a book grant will be notified via email on November 11, 2019.
- If selected, a Funding Agreement must be completed and signed by the teacher and building principal. The deadline to complete the form is December 11, 2019. Funding Agreements not completed by the 12/11/19 deadline will forfeit the grant and no books will be shipped.
- A Final Report and project evaluation is due by May 30, 2020.
- http://agintheclassroom.org/TeacherResources/Grants/2019-2020/Teacher%20Book%20Grant%20Application%20Criteria_2019-2020_website%20doc.pdf
- Application
Earth Day Books |
Grant Price |
Compost Stew by Mary McKenna Siddals (Grades K-4) |
Paperback $5.00 |
Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin (Grades K-3) |
Hardcover $10.00 |
Hey Water by Antoinette Portis (Grades K-3) |
Hardcover $10.00 |
We are the Gardeners by Joanna Gaines (Grades 1-3) |
Hardcover $11.00 |
Jump into Science: Dirt by Steve Tomecek (Grades K-3) |
Paperback $5.00 |
Poetry Books |
Grant Price |
Hey, Hey, Hay by Christy Mihaly (Grades K-4) |
Hardback $10.00 |
Jo MacDonald had a Garden by Mary Quattlebaum (Grades K-3) |
Paperback $7.00 |
Popcorn Astronauts by Deborah Rudell (Grades K-3) |
Hardcover $10.00 |
Science Verse by Jon Scieszka (Grades 3-7) |
Hardcover $10.00 |
Water is Water by Miranda Paul (Grades 1-4) |
Hardcover $10.00 |
When Green Becomes Tomatoes by Julie Fogliano (Grades K-4) |
Hardcover $10.00 |
Biographies Books |
Grant Price |
Full of Beans, Henry Ford Grows a Car by Peggy Thomas (Grades 5-9) |
Hardcover $9.50 |
Farmer George Plants a Nation by Peggy Thomas (Grades 4-6) |
Paperback $5.00 |
Thomas Jefferson Grows a Nation by Peggy Thomas (Grades 4-6) |
Hardcover $9.00 |
John Deere, That’s Who! by Tracy Nelson Maurer (Grades 2-6) |
Hardcover $10.00 |
George Washington Carver for Kids by Peggy Thomas (Grades 3-8) |
Paperback $9.50 |
Hungry Planet Books |
Grant Price |
Hungry Planet by Peter Menzel & Faith D’Aluisio (Grades 6-12) |
Paperback $13.00 |
What the World Eats by Peter Menzel & Faith D’Aluisio (Grades 6-12) |
Hardcover $12.50 |
Pollinators Books |
Grant Price |
Flight of the Honey Bees by Raymond Huber (Grades K-3) |
Paperback $4.50 |
Monarch Butterflies by Gail Gibbons (Grades K-3) |
Paperback $5.00 |
My, Oh My a Butterfly by Tish Rabe (Grades K-3) |
Hardcover $4.50 |
The Honey Makers by Gail Gibbons (Grades K-3) |
Paperback $4.50 |
When the Bees Fly Home by Andrea Cheng (Grades 2-5) |
Paperback $4.50 |