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Drone learning plus flying fun
Drones are becoming a familiar sight, but do you know how they connect with modern agriculture? Beck’s Hybrids Jim Love, Light Robotics Manager and Herbicide Specialist, visited Graham Middle School in May with a variety of drones. Love shared about …
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Powering the pop-pop boats
Did you hear how students in GNG teacher leader Rachel Sanders’ bioresearch class made biodiesel, then tested it in pop-pop boats? Dale Minyo of Ohio Country Journal spoke with Sanders about the lab. “The class is learning about biodiesel as a fuel …
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Ohio farmers share about spring planting with students
May means it’s planting time for Ohio soybean farmers. Students from across the country visited farms via virtual field trips and learned all about soybean planting. Nathan Eckel welcomed viewers during the elementary trip. Eckel lives in Wood …
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COSI Big Science Celebration fun—think INK!
Our mighty ambassadors shared with over 1000 people during this terrific day in downtown Columbus. Visitors to our booth were able to make and use soy ink and pick up a soybean seed necklace kit. In addition, they could take a candy challenge to see …
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Growing scientists explore brand-new event
GrowNextGen sponsored the inaugural We Grow Scientists event on May 3. This fun outing was hosted by The Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Science (CFAES) at Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources …
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Teachers connect biotech in medicine and agriculture in Gahanna
Plants in agriculture, plants in medicine—on Saturday, April 29, the Ohio Soybean Council-sponsored Ag & Med Biotech Academy showed teachers the connections between biotech in both industries. Twenty teachers gathered at 3Bar Biologic to learn …
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Future world-changers exploring global challenges
Students from around the state gathered with educators and experts recently at the Ohio Youth Institute, held at The Ohio State University. Participants researched critical world issues and ways to end hunger and poverty and improve food security …
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Exploring drones at Brookside Elementary
GrowNextGen ambassador Lauren Mellott visited Brookside Elementary recently with GNG leader Dr. Bob Horton to share about the use of drones in modern agriculture. This was part of an after-school program. “We presented to about 50 students, ranging …
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Entrepreneurship learning
GrowNextGen ambassadors Tylar Bailey and Shelbie Snoke worked with 21 4th through 6th graders at Windsor STEM Academy for two weeks in late February. They taught the students about entrepreneurship in agriculture and led them in some activities to …
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Egg-cited about STEM learning
Akron and Columbus hosted Ohio teachers for the final ChickQuest workshops of this school year! 89 educators gathered for a day of training in each location. All attendees left with hands-on experience in the program, as well as supplies to do the …
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Ambassador visit at Ayersville High School
GrowNextGen ambassador Jacob Stiltner visited Ayersville High School to share with Madisen Morlock’s students about modern agriculture. He talked to about 65 students in Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources; Plant and Animal Science; and …
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Soybeans on the Ohio River—and beyond
Consolidated Grain and Barge’s Riverside Facility welcomed students in a recent virtual field trip. The Cincinnati facility buys grain from farmers and exports it to other places in the country and in the world. Facility manager Doug Faber walked us …