2014Fall
AITC Team
Published on October 20, 2014
Fall 2014—utah.agclassroom.org 2 E a t, L e a r n, T e a c h A Food, Land & People Institute for Elementary Educators (K–6) Save the Date: AUTHENTIC experiential ACCESSIBLE Join us August 4–5, 2015, at Utah state University This exciting two-day conference is designed to help teachers infuse their existing curriculum with the depth and real-world relevance that agriculture can bring to classroom learning experiences. Packed with food, tours, and in-service training workshops, this special event will provide professional development, foster agricultural literacy, and equip educators with research-based lessons and activity ideas that will bring new excitement to the coming school year. USOE credit will be available. Follow us on Facebook and watch for more announcements about this exciting event. utah.agclassroom.org We are happy to announce that our popular Hatching Science grants and workshops will be repeated in 2015! All Utah teachers are invited to apply or the grant* which includes: - Brinsea Mini dome incubator - Brooder box - Heat lamp and bulb - Feeder/waterer (eed included) - Bedding - Curriculum materials, including our popular Countdown to Hatch kit Te next round o workshops will be held in Cache, Davis, Iron, and Utah counties. Exact dates and locations will be announced in January 2015. Incubators Available for 2015! Science Hatching All applicants or this grant will receive ree enrollment in the inormational workshops in their areas. Tese workshops are designed to help teachers with the technical aspect o hatching chicks and will also provide practical, hands-on resources or integrating chick themes into core curriculum. Go online to http://tinyurl.com/aitcHatch2015 or more inormation and to fnd a link to the application. Te application deadline or the Hatching Science grant is December 17, 2014, but don’t delay—apply now! Visit us at utah.agclassroom.org ; search “eggs” on our website or more inormation on this grant, the workshops, and related curriculum resources. *Awardees must be present at one of the workshops in order to receive their resources.
