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Working on water quality: touring a demonstration farm
The environment matters to everyone, but especially to farmers—they make their living from the land! So when water quality in Lake Erie is compromised, farmers want to do their part to help. Teachers at the recent Ohio Soybean Council-sponsored B …
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Modern ag info, labs, and more!
The Demo Farm Tour workshop was a full day of learning! During lunch, Fort Jennings High School students learned about careers in agriculture in a Real Money, Real World activity. Global Impact STEM Academy teachers Lindsay Heintz, Amy Jo Henry, and …
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Animal tissues in the lab: externship learning
Rachel Sanders is a GrowNextGen teacher leader and a science teacher at Global Impact STEM Academy. The Ohio Soybean Council provided a summer externship for Sanders to gain information and create materials for her classroom and the GrowNextGen …
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Teachers’ externship enriches team teaching
“Externships are experiential learning opportunities, similar to internships but generally shorter, provided by partnerships between educational institutions and employers to give students short practical experiences in their field of study.” That’s …
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Spotlight on GrowNextGen ambassadors
A special group of college students has been doing outreach for the Ohio Soybean Council and GrowNextGen this summer, traveling around the state to share STEM activities and increase public knowledge of modern agriculture. Here are the 2019 …
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Nutrients in Glycine max amidst Temperature Increase
This study was completed in order to evaluate the relationship between temperature and content of elements such as potassium, iron, and zinc. Soybean (Glycine max) seeds were grown at two temperatures, 25 and 32 degrees Celsius, and all other …
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Water quality virtual field trip
October 10, 2019your classroom
Middle and high school students can learn how Ohio farmers are improve water quality in the state, particularly in areas where rainwater flows off farm fields and into streams and rivers that flow into Lake Erie, hampered recently by Harmful Algal Blooms. Join this LIVE Virtual Field Trip to Stateler Family Farms in McComb, Ohio, one of a number of designated research farms across the state showcasing and demonstrating leading edge conservation practices to improve Great Lakes water quality. Register now!
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GrowNextGen has a lot to offer, but our curriculum is especially great. See all curriculum.
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GMOs: What do you know? Breakout
How much do you know about GMOs? There is a lot of misinformation about what a GMO is and what foods are genetically modified. Use this unit as a review or a compelling way to engage students in the topic of GMOs using a “breakout,” an …
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Making biodiesel from soybeans
Nature doesn’t waste anything. Why should we? Make biodiesel and create a scale model of an anaerobic digester, while investigating bioenergy and how it is produced.
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Smart farming: using data to make decisions
What kind of data do farmers use to make decisions? Where does that data come from? Become a "farmer" on a journey from pre-planting to harvest to see what decisions farmers are making every year as they farm (or step into a farmer’s shoes as s/he makes a decision based on the data s …
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Gel electrophoresis basics
How can we check the success of biotechniques? In what ways can we see if the gene(s) of interest are present? This unit leads students through the process of setting up chambers, understanding the mechanics and experimenting with various aspects of running gels.