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NEW DVD RELEASE - Minnesota's renewable energy story is now here for you!

Fields of Energy logoPreview the Ethanol Segment (WMV: 13.5 MB)

Grades 7-10 Minnesota science teachers are going to love this one!
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4/18/2008 - Download the Fields of Energy Teacher Guide (PDF: 1.41 MB / 57 pages)

 

  
     
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FOR TEACHERS

Find resources & education opportunities here!
New Sesqicentennial Timeline Available.
New Wellness Kit Available

Get ready to help your students DO AMAZING THINGS!

The National Dairy Council® and Midwest Dairy Council® have teamed up with the National Football League to help students eat right and stay active. Want to help your students achieve amazing things? Enroll your school to receive a FREE Wellness Activation Kit (while supplies last).

Fuel Up to Play

The kit will inspire students to get up and play for 60 minutes a day and to fuel up by eating more of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans' Food Groups to Encourage — low-fat or fat-free milk and milk products, fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

To order your school's 2008/09 Wellness Activation Kit, access FREE downloadable wellness tools, and enroll for the monthly e-news update, hop online at www.SchoolWellnessKit.org. Kits will begin shipping in October 2008.

Order a FREE Wellness Activation Kit and help your students make positive changes in their eating and exercise habits

A brand new nutrition kit sponsored by the USDA Ag in the Classroom Program
The Farmer Grows a Rainbow
The Farmer Grows a Rainbow

This kit provides teachers with classroom-ready resources to improve nutrition education among Pre-K-5th grade students.


green arrow About Minnesota Ag in the Classroom (MAITC)
   

Since its inception in 1985, the MAITC education program has been a unique public/private partnership. Currently, the program is based at the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA), with financial and administrative support from the MAITC Foundation. The Foundation was formalized in July of 2007, with Emily Zweber serving as Director. Al Withers serves as Program Director at the MDA.

The mission of MAITC is "to promote understanding and awareness of the importance of agriculture". We have been delivering agricultural literacy to students and educators since 1986. Our educational materials and programs provide a wealth of opportunities for integrating agriculture into the core K-12 curriculum.

The MAITC Team – countless volunteers, generous annual funding partners, committed Board of Directors and committees, the Foundation, MDA and staff – have made a positive impact on advancing agricultural literacy across Minnesota. Together we tell the story of agriculture by creating opportunities for people to learn through the credible education materials and programs we provide for their use.