AGRI information

AGRI Information

How much do students really understand
about how agriculture factors
into what they do every day?

Our "Classroom in the Corn" acquaints students with agriculture by allowing students to be in the middle of a cornfield, learning about all that goes into raising crops, while also enjoying the experience of finding the maze's one and only exit.

Our "Classroom in the Corn" is AZ Learning Standards complaint:

Solving problems
Communicating
Using technology
Working on Teams

In this section of the website, you will find information, projects, tests and other agricultural links to help you engage your classes in learning more about agriculture.

    "Slow Food" (as opposed to "Fast Food")  is making a resurgence. An excellent link www.tbsstoryline.com will give you some good information for class presentations. On this home page, look at the top, center for "Top Videos" with the title of "Slow Food".
    A recent story in the AZ Republic (Phoenix News Weekend Edition) highlighted a special event produced by "Slow Food Nation" in San Francisco. Slow Food Nation addresses a number of issues such as "Generating ideas to increase public knowledge & support of fresh ingredients"; "Hands-on school programs on sustainable farming"; and the biggee: "Money to make it happen...the government has given this agricultural area a very small portion of their budget". for more information, go to www.slowfoodusa.org.
    More information on Arizona Agriculture can be found on their website, www.azfb.org.
    The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Ag in the Classroom website has some really great information.
    A new site was added last year on teaching geography using corn mazes. www.classbrain.com/artteach/publish/corn_maze-geography.shtml.

Please feel free to print or copy any information for your use in the classroom.