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Let’s eat! Exploring food science
How is science in everything we eat? What is your favorite food? Chances are a soybean product is being used to process it or, if it’s a meat dish, was used to feed the animal. Other living things (microbes) help to make our food, too. C …
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Grown in the USA
Did you know most vegetable oil is U.S. grown 100 percent soybean oil? Support local farmers by purchasing vegetable oil made from U.S. grown soybeans.
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We are LIVE at Land and Living and the Lausche Building
See robots in action, rolling over top soil and compacting it to varying degrees! See (and hear!) putt putt boats racing around in a pool, powered by soybean biodiesel fuel! Engineer an egg catcher and test your design! Make a soybean seed necklace …
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Tech in Ag 2019 workshop: groundhogs not welcome
If the weather isn’t challenging enough, how about the groundhogs? They damaged the soybean plot planned for use in the EducationProjects.org, Ohio State University, and USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture-sponsored Tech in Ag workshop, …
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Vegetable grafting at Tech in Ag workshop
“Hands-on activities” get even more exciting when they involve razor blades! Participants in the Tech in Ag workshop, sponsored by EducationProjects.org, the Ohio State University, and USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s PD-STEP …
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What’s your number?
Data is helpful only if you know how to interpret it. Participants in the Tech in Ag workshop, sponsored by EducationProjects.org, the Ohio State University, and USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture, gathered data and then learned how …
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Demonstration farm tour of Stateler Family Farms
September 11, 2019Stateler Family Farms (McComb, OH)
Farm tour for all teaching levels. Register now!
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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.