https://youtu.be/Fw9OAFjzs9Y The Brookfield Zoo Pollinator Field Trip The Zoom Session will be recorded and available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzeAcrkOnVQ Information from our PowerPoint is here. brookfield-zoo-1Download Teachers who "attended" our field trip, please consider leaving us some feedback so we can continue to provide you meaningful content and lessons for your classroom. Click here to fill out … Continue reading Pollinator Plot Field Trip to the Brookfield Zoo with Andre Copeland
August: Back to School
August Family Cooking Challenge: Trail Mix
Back to school is always an exciting and busy time of year. It's sometimes hard to find nutritious and delicious snacks when you need an energy boost. For the month of August, we challenge Illinois families to create their own homemade trail mix! You can use our recipe, or you can make up your own … Continue reading August Family Cooking Challenge: Trail Mix
August Family Engagement Challenge
Every month we will challenge you and your family to complete our Family Engagement Challenge! With August being back to school month for many families, it's the perfect time to build a school supply catapult! Follow the attached instructions to build your very own! back-to-school-family-engagement-school-supply-catapultDownload Come back the first week of September for a brand … Continue reading August Family Engagement Challenge
Pollinator Lesson for the Week of 8/24-8/28
This week we're learning about pollinators! Download this lesson plan for lots great background information about the importance of pollinators and two classroom lessons--one for K-3 and another for 4-6. Pollinator Back to School LessonDownload And here is a short video about what farmers are doing to protect and create pollinator habitat: https://youtu.be/_QYvaiozsFc
Back to School Lesson for the Week of 8/17-8/21
It's back to school time, so let's talk about where all our school supplies come from! We know that agriculture gives us milk in our cartons and biodiesel in our school buses, but it also helps fill up our backpacks with school supplies! Here is the lesson plan for teachers: back-to-school-map-activityDownload The lesson plan references … Continue reading Back to School Lesson for the Week of 8/17-8/21
Beyond the Barn Door 