Foundation, AITC active amid pandemic
With schools closed and students e-learning from home, we have been provided a unique opportunity to think outside the box on Ag In The Classroom programming. RICFB Ag Literacy Coordinator Sheryl Solomonson has put together almost 200 Ag Bags full of materials on gardening, pork and corn for teachers to use in their e-learning lessons. She also scheduled incubator pickups for teachers who wanted to set up those in their own homes. We have seven classrooms with home incubators. A big THANK YOU to those teachers who have taken on these projects to keep agriculture in their classrooms! Our biggest project has been using our 3D printer to make face mask extenders for our health care workers. These sit flat on the back of a person’s head and have flat hooks on them so they can hook the ties of the face mask to them instead of tying them rubbing behind their ears. Those have been donated to UnityPoint Health Systems in Moline. To date, we have donated 116 extenders and we continue to make more!If you or anyone you know could use face mask extenders, please reach out to Sheryl at aitc@ricofarmbureau.org.
E-Learning Resources from Ag in the Classroom
Remote Learning Ag Bags
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Illinois Ag in the Classroom has created a couple of different opportunities to incorporate agriculture into e-learning. They are posting information on their Facebook page and have created a blog with activities posted as well.
As we all try to find ways to help students continue their learning at home, Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom (IAITC) is here to help. We are creating daily videos and lessons that are easy to share with students and incorporate into your new online curriculum. All of our resources can be copied, shared, and adapted to fit your own specific needs. See below for a few of our latest lessons ideas.
Our Facebook followers can participate in Ag Challenges by commenting on our posts. Winners will receive a prize pack of IAITC learning resources to use at home! We just announced the winners for our National Ag Week Challenge on Monday, 3/30. Follow us on to Facebook to stay up-to-date with our latest at-home challenges!
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Nature Watch offers an amazing Animal Track Poster, and with so many children learning at home we’ve decided to make a smaller version of it available to download and print for FREE!
The poster shows front and hind tracks of 16 common North American Mammals. Developed in collaboration with a tracking expert and a sketch artist, it does an incredible job of illustrating the 3D impressions that animals leave behind! Learners can compare, contrast and identify!
Numbers next to each track correspond to a legend at the bottom – download the Free Instructor’s Guide and the poster becomes an interactive learning tool!
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