Presentation: Connecting Agriculture to Environmental Education

Sprouting Change: Cultivating Environmental Champions

Illinois’ new environmental education mandate creates an opportunity for teachers to bring important agricultural and environmental topics to life. Agriculture provides a natural, hands-on connection to the environment. Through agriculture, students can explore how we use, protect, and conserve the resources around us.

presented by: Amanda Stanko and Kevin Daugherty

Soil Lessons and Activities:

Say it with Soil
Slice of Soil
Soil Cereal Stack
Play-doh Soil Sampling
What is Soil
Mighty Macronutrients
Soil Erosion

Waste Reduction & Composting Lessons and Activities:

Classroom Vermicomposting
Pumpkin Jack

Water Lessons and Activities:

Water Filter
Wad-O-Shed
Awesome Agriculture

Weather Lessons and Activities:

Wind at Work on the Farm
Weathering the Field

Humane Treatment of Animals Lessons and Activities:

Pigs, Pork, & Biosecurity
Pork Awesome Agriculture

Ag-Accurate Book Recommendations:

Soil, Waste Reduction, & Composting Books

Handful of Dirt
Erosion: How Hugh Bennett Saved America’s Soil and Ended the Dust Bowl
Compost Stew
Diary of a Worm
Pumpkin Jack

Water & Weather Books

The Great Big Water Cycle Adventure
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Clean Water!