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creative learning<br />
interest and achievement in STEM. With an<br />
increase in STEM instruction, there is the potential<br />
to advance economic development in <strong>Iowa</strong>.<br />
Locally, teachers interested in learning more<br />
about STEM grants can contact Stevens at Jenna.<br />
Stevens@ifbf.org.<br />
“This council is funded annually by legislative<br />
appropriation, and receives significant support<br />
from business and industry, colleges and universities,<br />
program providers and other cost-sharing<br />
partners, as well as state and national grants,” said<br />
Lindy Ibeling, communications manager of the<br />
<strong>Iowa</strong> Governors STEM Advisory Council.<br />
“Agricultural education is STEM education and<br />
includes educational studies such as agricultural<br />
science, food science, animal science, plant and<br />
soil science, as well as some fields that may not<br />
come immediately to mind but are just as crucial<br />
to modern farming, such as microbiology, economics,<br />
biochemistry, engineering and equipment<br />
manufacturing,” Ibeling said.<br />
“Feeding the world’s burgeoning population is<br />
an incredible challenge for our future. Factor in<br />
the growing importance of food safety, health and<br />
nutrition, environmental protection, and climate<br />
change, and you’ve got a career option that carries<br />
significance worldwide,” Ibeling said. n<br />
<strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong> <strong>Farmer</strong> photo / Contributed<br />
Students at Maquoketa Community High School display their 3-D models of different<br />
digestive systems in their animal science class taught by Cassie Miller, who has taken<br />
advantage of teacher training under <strong>Iowa</strong>’s STEM program. From left are Jurgen<br />
Flagel, Olivia McDermott, Alyse Elmegreen, Mitchell Roeder, Vanessa Blake, Ameila<br />
Booher, Ava Hartman, Kasey Coakley, Anaka Hosch, Jackson Budde, Allison Bean<br />
Faith Gerardy, Allyson Coates, Madison Sohn, and Shealin Wiemann.<br />
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