MISSOURI

State Contact: Missouri Farm Bureau Federation Ms. Diane S. Olson P.O. Box 658 701 S. Country Club Drive Jefferson City, MO 65102

P: (573) 893-1414 F: (573) 893-1560 E: dolson@mofb.com Website

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Classroom Resources
AgroSecurity: Safeguarding the American Food Supply, DVD
WebQuest units for K-12
Missouri Agriculture from A-Z Coloring Book
Your Cheeseburger Grew Up on a Farm-Poster
Thanks a Farmer for Pizza-Poster

Major Program Accomplishments
Continuation of the Agricultural WebQuest was a top priority for the program. This on-line resource couples technology skills and agricultural literacy. Teacher-created units contain streaming videos; photographs; approved agricultural links; evaluation rubrics and teacher pages. Each is aligned to Missouri's Show Me Standards and National Learning Standards. Three new webquest for English Language Learners (ELL) were added. They are online at www.mofb.org/webquest.

NetTracker records 34717 hits with 69536 pages viewed for an average of 642 visits per week. Exhibiting at the MO Association of School Librarians and MO State Teachers Association promotes the resource to educators and pre-service educators. These venues provided over 4000 contacts.

Teacher in-service and pre-service workshops qualifying for Professional Development continue. Topics provide accurate portrayals of agriculture and ideas for infusing it into the curriculum.

The 13th annual bi-state (MO/KS) Ag Day Pizza Party provided 611 4th grade students in the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area hands-on experiences relating pizza ingredients to agriculture. It also creates insight into agricultural careers.

$7,500 was awarded to classroom teachers as mini-grants providing assistance with resources, consumables and field trips in an effort to provide accurate agricultural messages to students.

County Farm Bureau volunteers provide program support for schools in their respective counties. These include field days, classroom resource persons, materials for classroom use and organizing teacher workshops.

Partnerships are in place that allow for multiplying efforts. Venues including the American Royal, St. Louis Science Center, Missouri State Fair, Kansas City AgriBusiness Council, FFA, Sigma Alpha and Agriculture Leaders of Tomorrow (ALOT) promote agricultural literacy to varied audiences.

Major Program Impacts
92% of the educators participating in workshops, in-service or pre-service education have utilized some of the materials within their classroom.

90% of the teachers/librarians introduced to the webquest program indicate they have visited the website and will utilize the program to enhance student learning.

93% of the teachers in the pre-service workshops indicate their plan to utilize the materials and develop teaching units for use in the classroom.

89% of 4th grade teachers utilized agricultural concepts in their study of Missouri.

94% of the teachers participating in the Ag Day Pizza Party indicated they utilized the agricultural message pre/post within their classroom.

35% of schools across Missouri have linked their home page to the webquest site.