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creative learning<br />
Creative learning STEMs<br />
from hands-on projects<br />
Ag in the Classroom, teacher training grants are among the ways modern farming<br />
technology is being shared with students in <strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong><br />
(Left) Andrew students measure<br />
out the components of feed<br />
rations for their hypothetical<br />
goat. The students first balanced<br />
feed rations and then created<br />
them using fun ingredients like<br />
goldfish and M&Ms. Pictured here<br />
are Blake Gross, Cole Barton,<br />
Max Notz, paraeducator Jackie<br />
Delaney, and Jack Strodtman.<br />
(Below) Aleena Nicolay places<br />
a cow in the barnyard created<br />
by 4th graders at St. Joseph<br />
School in DeWitt last spring as<br />
Cole Niemann, left, helps arrange<br />
other pieces during an Ag in the<br />
Classroom interactive activity.<br />
<strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong> <strong>Farmer</strong> photo /<br />
Trevis Mayfield and kATE howes<br />
BY jane schmidt<br />
eastern IOWA FARMER<br />
Goats really<br />
re-chew their<br />
food?”<br />
“I’m not eating<br />
“Eww!<br />
that!”<br />
These were among the sentiments<br />
shared by 7th graders at Andrew<br />
Community School last spring as they<br />
created their own cud and mixed up<br />
feed rations while studying the ruminate<br />
system of goats.<br />
Meanwhile, over at St. Joseph<br />
School in DeWitt, fourth graders<br />
wielded glue guns to build fencing<br />
out of popsicle sticks and twine. It<br />
was part of an exercise on creating<br />
protective structures – such as fences<br />
or sound frequency barriers – for the<br />
miniature farm set up in their classroom.<br />
These types of interactive activities<br />
allow students in <strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong> and<br />
throughout the state to learn agriculture<br />
concepts under the umbrella of<br />
STEM – science, technology, engineering<br />
and math.<br />
“Hands-on helps students understand<br />
concepts – they must do something<br />
to know what it is,” said Jenna<br />
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