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 Your Undies
Roots to the Rescue!

Waste Reduction & Composting Lessons and Activities:

Classroom Vermicomposting
Pumpkin Jack

Water Lessons and Activities:

Water Filter
Wad-O-Shed
Water Awesome Agriculture

Weather Lessons and Activities:

Wind at Work on the Farm
Drip, Drop, Erode

Humane Treatment of Animals Lessons and Activities:

Pigs, Pork, & Biosecurity
Pork Awesome Agriculture
More than Meat

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
Under your feet
The Soil in Jacki's Garden
Dirt's Journey
Inside the Compost Bin

Water & Weather Books

The Great Big Water Cycle Adventure
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Clean Water!
The Story of Climate Change
Weathering and Erosion
Climate

Pollinator Books

The Great Pollinator Count
A Pathway for Pollinators