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Bring real-world science to students through agriculture

For Ohio teachers, by Ohio teachers
15k teachers around Ohio
500+ STEM workshops
80+ curriculum units
20+ e-learning courses
140+ industry leaders

Professional learning

GrowNextGen equips STEM educators, regardless of background, to teach through relevant context.
“I keep coming back for workshops because they’re so practical and so well put together with free information and materials.”

“I keep coming back for workshops because they’re so practical and so well put together with free information and materials.”

Jeff Baker
7th–12th grade teacher

Sign up for free, immersive workshops led by best-in-class STEM educators.

  • Get free supplies to use in your classroom
  • Visit industry sites where science happens
  • Visit with industry pros who want to help
  • Experience proven curriculum and be ready to use it


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Sweet Secrets: A Virtual Field Trip to an Ohio Chocolate Factory

May 9, 2025 at 10 am
Learn about chocolate making from this Columbus, family-owned candy making factory. We will see the factory floor and the process from mixing to packaging of Anthony Thomas signature candies including Buckeyes.
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Spring Soybean Planting Virtual Field Trip

May 13, 2025 at 1 pm
Take your students on a Virtual Field Trip to an Ohio Soybean Farm during planting this spring! This virtual field trip will connect you directly with northeast Ohio soybean farmers as they prepare their fields and plant soybeans for the growing…
Connecting AI and Ag in the Science Classroom: an online event
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Connecting AI and Ag in the Science Classroom: an online event

May 14, 2025 at 4 pm EDT
Explore how to use AI and agriculture to teach science with guidance from Ohio educator Chuck Crawford
Chickenology Two-Day Workshop
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Chickenology Two-Day Workshop

Jun 4, 2025 at 8:30 am EDT
Teach Ohio life science standards using games, simulations, & engineering challenges–NEWLY leveled up for 2 days of immersive learning
Ag Biotech Graduate Academy
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Ag Biotech Graduate Academy

Jun 23, 2025 at 8:30 am EDT
HS science teachers explore hands-on labs to advance their knowledge about biotech, its uses in agriculture, and classroom connections.

Free STEM classroom resources

Teach life science, environmental science, biology, chemistry, food science, and more with universally-relevant context: agriculture.
“As a STEM educator, I try to connect learning to authentic community opportunities. This was a real way to add the technology, science, engineering, and even math into the program that translates into the real world.

“As a STEM educator, I try to connect learning to authentic community opportunities. This was a real way to add the technology, science, engineering, and even math into the program that translates into the real world.”

Kathryn Borsos
Ohio science teacher

Download lesson plans

Download our STEM units and lessons designed around local agriculture-based phenomena.
View all curriculum →

Assign e-learning courses

Share self-paced digital courses with your students.
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Share career videos

Show your students the wide range of career pathways in STEM.
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Take virtual field trips

Take your class on a fun, eye-opening experience that shows real-life Ohio science in action.
Sign up for upcoming trips →

About GrowNextGen

From the field to the classroom: we’re on a mission to grow the next generation of STEM leaders through free educational resources.
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Ohio growers asked for it.

Every part of agriculture is embedded in science. Ohio growers want to continue to drive innovation in their evolving industry.

Teachers built it.

Equipped with proven pedagogy and classroom know-how, educators develop curriculum embedded with concepts students interact with daily.

Students benefit.

For over a decade, GrowNextGen has been building the next generation of STEM leaders to solve our global challenges.

“I found that some of my students had some misunderstandings about GMOs. So I searched on the GrowNextGen website and was able to easily find and use several GMO classroom resources.”
Leah LaCrosse
Middle school science teacher
“GrowNextGen helps connect our students’ career interests to the wide variety of opportunities in agriculture in Ohio. It’s great having the Ambassadors doing hands-on activities and having students see real-world tech applications—because ag is STEM.”
Nick Guidera
Middle school principal
“The impact that GrowNextGen has made on me is the complex topics. They taught me to take that very complex idea like turning a soybean into biofuel, break it down, and be able to explain it to anybody. I use it in my career in farm financials. I’m forever grateful.”
Micah Mensing
GrowNextGen Ambassador Alumni