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Score with STEM event

Feb 27, 2023
GrowNextGen ambassadors Tylar Bailey, Patrick Miller, and Kyla McCoy engaged the public at the Score with STEM event held on February 26 at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. This event was put on by Northeast Ohio STEM Ecosystem and the Cleveland …
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Droning on in the classroom

Feb 27, 2023
(article courtesy of Ohio’s Country Journal) By Matt Reese and Dale Minyo Ohio’s teachers were talking agriculture at the recent 2023 Science Education Council of Ohio Science Symposium in Lewis Center. The Ohio Soybean Council’s GrowNextGen was a …
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Cleveland gets ChickQuest workshop TWICE!

Feb 21, 2023
ChickQuest hit Cleveland not once but twice this month, thanks to the Ohio Soybean Council and the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation. Ohio educators gathered at a Cleveland Metropolitan Schools building, ready to learn, with both morning and …
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Ambassadors at Young Professionals event

Feb 20, 2023
GrowNextGen ambassadors from the Ohio State Columbus and CFAES Wooster Campuses recently attended the Night for Young Professionals, an event sponsored by the Ohio Soybean Council. At this event, students had the ability to hear from industry …
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Ready to fly!

Feb 10, 2023
15 lucky classrooms will be learning about drones thanks to the Ohio Soybean Council and GrowNextGen! They received the DJI EDU Tello drone. It is programmable and has the capability to be controlled by a smartphone or iPad as well. The group met …
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Energy superheroes!

Feb 1, 2023
Who can help with today’s energy demands? We need a superhero! GNG teacher leader Donna Parker, AP environmental science, biology, advanced research in science teacher at Dublin Coffman High School, charged her students with creating one! Students …
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Lunchroom lettuce from classroom hydroponics

Jan 31, 2023
Did you know fish can jump out of a tank and die? GrowNextGen teacher leader and Carroll High School teacher Todd Tayloe shared what he’s learned the hard way about aquaponics and hydroponics in the classroom. Tayloe gave this presentation at the …
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A big presence at SECO!

Jan 31, 2023
You couldn’t miss us! GrowNextGen was a sponsor for the 2023 Science Symposium organized by the Science Education Council of Ohio. A special training workshop was held for our teacher leaders on Sunday evening before the event began, and things got …
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Teacher leader training time

Jan 30, 2023
GrowNextGen works with a special group of teacher leaders, educators who are excited about using our resources with their students and taking advantage of all that we have to offer. About twenty members of that group met in January for in-depth …
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Where do our soybeans go?

Jan 20, 2023
Ohio exports 51% of the soybeans grown here. Where do they go, and how do they get there? A recent webinar on infrastructure and agriculture helped participants understand more about transportation of commodities. Mike Hogan is a corporate …
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Getting trained to reach out!

Jan 19, 2023
Each year, energetic and enthusiastic college students are trained to go out and share about soybeans with students and the general public. Ten new ambassadors recently took part in this training and are ready to go! The session included a talk by …
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A look at Ohio’s aquaculture industry

Jan 12, 2023
(from an Ohio Country Journal article by Brianna Gwirtz) Aquaculture is the production of aquatic organisms under controlled conditions throughout part or all their lifecycle. Its development can help meet future food needs and ease burdens on …