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STATE SUMMARY 2004 |
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NEW JERSEY
State Contact:
Ms. Joni Elliott
New Jersey Ag in the Classroom
New Jersey Agricultural Society
P.O. Box 331
Trenton, NJ 08625-0331 |
Phone: (609) 292-8897
Fax: (609) 292-3978
E-mail: joan.elliott@ag.state.nj.us
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Major projects accomplished this year
We are working with nine Learning Through Gardening schools,
have developed a bi-monthly gardening newsletter and a list serve
that provides lessons, activities and reminders to all of the teachers
for each of those schools. We provided three county fairs with staff
to provide AITC activities and crafts. Campers involved in Farm
Camp participated in the Sweet Science workshop—one of three savvy
science workshops we provide. We developed and presented a new workshop
"Cultivating the Curriculum." As a follow-up to working
with other mid-atlantic states to create lessons and workshops using
literature books, we created and presented "Read and Grow with
Agriculture."
Major impacts the program had this year
5,000 elementary students participated in the Learning Through Gardening
program—learning about the food and fiber connection to their
daily lives on a daily basis. Early performance data from teachers
who are part of the Learning Through Gardening program indicates
that not only does student enthusiasm for learning go up but so
do standardized test scores and classroom learning (93% and 83%,
respectively). Workshop attendess reported that they will use at
least 50% of the workshop materials and ideas in their classrooms.
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