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Teacher Resource Guide
MAITCA has developed a guide to help teachers connect to Maine Farms and Agribusinesses that will host field trips or present in the classroom. All entries will be correlated with lessons that are previously aligned with the Maine Learning Results.Download the complete Guide, correlated lessons (included in the Guide), and the welcome letter.
Assessment Coupon
Download and print the MAITCA Teacher Resource Guide (TRG) Assessment Coupon (PDF), or fill out the assessment form online.
Project Food, Land & People
Food, Land & People is a national interdisciplinary educational curriculum emphasizing agriculture, the environment, and people of the world. This curriculum consists of 55 Hands-on lesson plans for grades K-12. In order to receive this curriculum, you must participate in a 6-hour training. Over 800 educators have been trained since 1999. Please contact the office for information on future trainings in your area.
Bangor Public Library Agriculture Collection
We offer a resource center to support educators searching for agricultural related materials, lesson plans, and a resource directory. You may request materials through the Maine Library URUS System or call the Bangor Public Library Children’s Center. Books can be mailed to your school free of charge.
Library Resources
We offer a resource center to support educators searching for agricultural related materials, lesson plans, and a resource directory. You may request materials through the Maine Library URSUS System or call the Bangor Public Library Children's Center. Books can be mailed to your school free of charge; your only cost will be the return postage.
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National Resource Directory
The Agriculture in the Classroom National Resource Directory is an online searchable database that lists hundreds of educational resources designed to help educators locate high quality classroom materials and information to increase agricultural literacy among their Pre-K through 12th grade students.
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AgroWorld E-zine
This bimonthly E-zine has been developed for the secondary educator and their students. Each issue features current events, classroom resources, activities, and grant opportunities that enhance standards based on science, applied technology, and social studies curricula.
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Growing a Nation
American history program for secondary teachers that features the story of American agriculture, an event timeline, lesson plans, and more!
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Farmers Grow a Rainbow
This site provides teachers with classroom-ready resources to improve nutrition education among Pre-K – 5th grade students. Begin with the introductory information on this page and then move onto the grade specific resources.
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