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Dinner and data and drones, oh my!: technology in agriculture
unit 3 lessons

Dinner and data and drones, oh my!: technology in agriculture

What technologies are used to help farmers become more productive and more sustainable? Drones (or UAVs-unmanned aerial vehicles) are taking to the skies. What are they doing up there? What other technologies are there that help growers become more productive, yet more thoughtful about…
Making biodiesel from soybeans: to be revised
unit 5 lessons

Making biodiesel from soybeans: to be revised

How might we make and use renewable fuel? Make biodiesel and create a scale model of an anaerobic digester, while investigating bioenergy and how it is produced.
Selective Breeding and GMOs
unit 3 lessons

Selective Breeding and GMOs

What is genetic modification? How does it dffer from selective breeding? A lot of questions surround definitions of genetic modification. This unit models two different techniques of genetic modification and tries to help students understand the terms and the consequences…
Teachers LOVE making biodiesel with us!
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Teachers LOVE making biodiesel with us!

GrowNextGen educators Jane Hunt and Heather Bryan recently led an Engineering in Agriculture workshop for 29 teachers at The Works in Newark, Ohio. The event included participants from elementary, middle, and high school classrooms. Lessons…