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Waterville Jr. High School
March 16, 2018
Read ME Agriculture
March 19-23, 2018
First Day of Spring!
March 20, 2018
Maine Flower Show
Thompson's Point
March 22-25, 2018
Maine Maple Sunday
March 25, 2018
Maine Nutrition CouncilAnnual Conference
"Sustainable Nutrition for ME"
USM Lewiston-Auburn Campus
April 11, 2018
Maine Academy of Natural Sciences
Hinckley, ME
April 28, 2018
Windsor Fairgrounds
May 17, 2018
Southern Maine Children's Water Festival
University of Southern Maine - Portland Campus
May 18, 2018
University of Maine at Farmington
May 18-20, 2018
2017 Grant Reports DUE
June 1, 2018
2018 MAITC Grant Applications DUE
June 7, 2018
4pm
National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference
Portland, ME
June 26 - 29, 2018
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Teach ME about Food & Farms
*Contact us to plan a workshop date for your school for Spring 2018
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Special Programs
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ReTreeUS plants orchards in schools and provides educational programs that empower people to be healthy environmental stewards.
Fuel Up to Play 60 offers educators a wide array of resources they can use to help students make sustainable changes in their school environment.
Agroworld- agricultural science e-zine developed for the secondary educator.
Kids Gardening has ideas about plants and gardens, teacher resources, and grant opportunities.
The Chop Chop magazine and website has easy and healthy recipes.
Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom Ag Mags are 4-page, colorful agricultural magazines for kids.
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Funding from this plate has impacted 98,528 students in 2016 with lessons, materials, volunteers and teacher training. Annually up to $60K is distributed in grants to schools, FFA, 4-H and other Non-profit programs for Ag education initiatives by the Maine Agriculture in the Classroom Council.
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The National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference is coming to Portland, ME! June 26-29, 2018. Keep your eyes and ears open for great opportunities!
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28 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333
207-287-5522
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March means Read ME is here!
March means Read "ME" Agriculture is here!
Volunteer readers will be going into 700 classrooms all over the state, reading this year's book Applesauce Day and providing lessons and resources to teachers.
Missed the sign up? Contact us to see if there are still materials available, and mark your calendars to sign up for next year by January 1st!
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Do you have an agricultural
field trip idea? Need some
materials for your
school garden? Want to bring your
FFA chapter to state convention? Looking for
funding for other ways to incorporate agriculture into your classroom???
You're in luck! Our request for applications for our 2018 grants program is available on our
website!
Apps are
due June 7th!
Get started today!
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ONE MORE DAY TO APPLY!
The National Ag in the Classroom Conference is coming to Maine in late June!
Scholarships are available for teachers!
Contact the office if you have questions!
Click
here for more information on the conference.
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Healthy Kids Hero 2018: Speaking Up For Safety
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's Integrated Pest Management Specialist, Kathy Murray recognized as
an inspirational leader who demonstrates an extraordinary sense of responsibility and commitment to the safety of children and the community.
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Sustainable Nutrition for ME!
Register today for the Maine Nutrition Council Annual Conference!
The conference will be held at
the Univeristy of Souther
n Maine
Lewiston-Auburn College
in Lewiston, ME on
Wednesday, April 11th, 8:00am-3:30pm
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Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Miriam Nelson
, UNH Sustainability Institute.
Topics for the day include:
Sustainable dietary guidance, cooking demo basics, connecting local foods to cafeterias and institutions, sustainable seafood, and more!
Stay up to date by checking the
MNC website
and
Facebook page
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NELE Kids Day
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Calling all young scholars who are advancing sustainable agriculture or alleviating hunger.
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Food, Farms, & Forest Search
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is the State's lead agency dealing with all aspects of the food system from the field to the table. The Department maintains a mission of fostering opportunities for the agricultural community and of promoting stewardship of Maine's natural resources. Their website is home to a vast directory of information. You can search farms all over the state and use their advanced search to narrow down your results! Find fairs, farmers markets, and great field trip locations to take your students!
Check it out!
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Grades 4 through 12 Teachers & Community Leaders
Waterville Jr. High School
Friday, March 16 from 8:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Learn about the newly designed STEM curriculum and a maple syrup project at Waterville Jr. HS with
Jason Cyr, Science teacher and Maine
Guide.
Workshop facilitators include Jason Cyr; Morten Moesswilde, forester with the Maine Forest Service; and Pat Maloney. All participants will receive a PLT Curriculum Guide, six contact hours and learn about the latest e-units from National PLT.
For more information.
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Lessons:
- Hatching Science with Classroom Chicks. Grades: K-5. Students will explore how an embryo develops inside of a chicken egg over time, discuss life cycles and other natural cycles, and observe similarities and differences between parents and offspring.
- Pancakes! Grades: 1-5. Students will describe the physical properties of materials and observe physical and chemical changes as they learn about the ingredients in pancakes and how maple syrup is harvested from trees.
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Peas in a Pod
. Grades: 3-5.
Students will explore the concept of inherited traits by using magnetic pompoms to diagram Punnett squares and will learn about the significance of Gregor Mendel's discoveries related to heredity.
- Flower Power. Grades 3-8.
Students will observe physical characteristics of flowers and explore principles of pollination.
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Entomology Explorations
. Grades 6-12. From Discovery Education.
Explore how insects are classified, techniques for collecting them, data about the species and numbers of insects around the school campus to explain how insect diversity is an important indicator for ecosystem health. Introduce students to citizen science projects and experience how they can be powerful tools to help scientists and entomologists answer important scientific questions about insect populations around the world.
Maine Maple Sunday is March 25th!
Check out the AWESOME Maple curriculum produced by New Hampshire Ag in the Classroom! Lessons, videos, and companion resources!
The Reason for a Flower
When the Bees Fly Home
Achoo! Why Pollen Counts
Hatching Chicks in Room 6 
Tillie Lays an Egg
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
The Beeman
The Story of Seeds
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How Does it Grow? Apples
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