👋Come say hi to Jeff and Kelly at Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers to talk about agriculture as the perfect natural context for teaching STEM. Our team of teachers is glad to share free resources for your classroom! WSST #wsst24

Nebraska science teachers, save the date for our Feeding and Fueling the World 2-day professional learning event: June 13–14, 2024 in Lincoln!

Feeding & Fueling the World engages environmental, chemistry & biology teachers & biotech instructors in hands-on, inquiry-based lessons that integrate science in modern food production into classrooms & career tech ed programs. nourishthefuture.org/events

This is what agriculture looks like. #nourishthefuture

📣DID YOU KNOW? Many experts suggest that growers will have to produce more food in the next 50 years than has been grown in the past 10,000 years, on the same amount of land.

“The part of the program I think my students will enjoy most is where they find out where their food comes from. A good chunk of them don't realize people in their community play a big part in growing the food products they enjoy on a daily basis.” Katie Syer, IL teacher

The process of science is best illustrated with an example. We use the phenomenon of Harmful Algae Blooms to teach how science works in our new elearning course. Try it with your students: nourishthefuture.org/elearning

Why teach science through agriculture? Because students’ access and exposure to careers in the agriculture industry is limited. If they can’t see it, they can’t be it.

Our 2⃣ day workshops include a special agriculture industry dinner and a farm tour so teachers can see modern agriculture up close and have a chance to learn from actual growers.

North Carolina bio & life science teachers! Register for Nourish the Future’s Feeding & Fueling the World teacher experience at UNC Charlotte on the science of food production and sustainable fuels. July 11–12. ntf.plus/nc24

If you’re known at your school for cutting edge environmental science, Nourish the Future is the community for you.

Instead of driving a tractor for hours, growers now can rely on automated drones to precisely apply fertilizer using GPS technology. Today’s agriculture industry is high-tech and high-talent.

🧩 🌱 Puzzling Plants, a free downloadable plant anatomy lesson for middle school science, asks students to identify and compare the parts of corn and soybean plants. Get it at nourishthefuture.org/curriculum

Our lessons are modular. You don’t have to do all of it; you can pull a lesson here and there and fit them into your classroom where it fits best for your standards and curriculum with your students 🙌

This is what STEM looks like. #nourishthefuture

Here at NSTA, science teachers see how much sense it makes to teach STEM through an agriculture lens. Agriculture is everything science! National Science Teaching Association #NSTASpring24

Why teach science through agriculture? Because it inspires students to solve real-world science issues and pursue the agriculture-related careers currently going unfilled. #AgDay24

“There’s a lot of things in this curriculum that I already teach, but this puts a different spin on it. I really appreciate looking at, how are we using DNA for farming and food production?” Heather Cox, MI science teacher

It’s almost spring so we’re OUTDOORS pursuing even deeper learning for Ohio students! 🔎 Powerful Pedagogy, a professional learning event brought to Ohio through our partnership with Nourish the Future, shared #outdooreducation methods and resources with science teachers.

Leadership is an activity, not a position, and anyone can lead at any time and anywhere. What is critical is diagnosing the situation and energizing others with a clear purpose. Kerry Priest, Ph. D.