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Dates 2012

Veterans Day
November 11

Maine Harvest Festival
Bangor
November 16-17

Thanksgiving
November 28

Read ME Ag. Deadline
December 1

Read ME Agriculture
March 24-28

Maine School Garden Day
Medomak Valley HS
May 9-10

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Maine Agricultural Fairs

NEW Lesson site developed for Maine Educators in 2013

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**Contact us to plan a workshop date for your school for Spring 2014 

Grant Ideas 

Captain Planet Foundation Grant

Green Works Grant

Digital Wish Grants

Fruit Tree 101

Let's Move! Salad Bars to Schools

Annie's Grants for Gardens

Special Programs

Envirothon! State-and nation-wide competition for high school students. See the winners from 2012!

Looking for a presenter or field trips? Check out our Teachers Resource Guide

Maine School Garden Network- resource for all school gardens

Agroworld- agricultural science e-zine developed for the secondary educator

Learn How to Compost with the school recycling club.

Kids Gardening has ideas about plants and gardens, teacher resources, and grant opportunities.

Students

Dairy Quiz

Farm Safety Sleuths

The Great Corn Adventure

Kids' Zone

Teen Scene

Sci4Kids

Farm Field Day

My American Farm

Learn Genetics

Farms, Food and Fun!

Agriculture Videos K-12

Worm Bin Bingo

Watermelon Website

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November Newsletter
#34


November 2013

Read ME Agriculture 2014
March 24-28

Sign Up Forms Due: December 1st

We are inviting classrooms and volunteers from agriculture to participate. At this time there is no limit to the amount of presentations you schedule or materials you request.

You may sign up both teachers and volunteers OR you may submit just teachers or just volunteers and MAITC will provide the missing component.

Please signup on the website.

MAITC Teacher of the Year for 2014!

Kelly Burgess from the Gray/New Gloucester School System, a Pre-Kindergarten teacher, has been named the 2014 Maine Agriculture in the Classroom (MAITC) Teacher of the Year. The award was presented to Burgess by Maine Agriculture Commissioner Walt Whitcomb, on October 23rd at the Maine State Grange in Augusta.

Burgess, a firm believer in learning through doing, received the award for her work teaching students where their food and clothing come from. Classroom field trips to orchards and farms have been an addition to her classroom since 2009 when funding from the Maine Agriculture Specialty License plate first became available in the form of Agriculture Awareness Grants. "These young learners have no idea where food grows. These are lessons they will remember all their lives!" says Kelly," The hands-on activities are really exciting for the students and sometimes the parents too. It makes their learning come alive." Kelly will be honored at the National AITC Conference in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in June, along with award-winners from other states.

See Past winners here.

Annual Meeting

MAITCA Annual Dinner Meeting was on October 23rd at the Maine State Grange in Augusta.

It is such a joy to see the support and enthusiasm for agricultural education grow! Special thanks to all that attended and to all of you that show your support by owning an agricultural license plate!

Save The Date: Maine School Garden Day

May 9th- Intensive Sessions
May 10th- Workshops and Networking

At Medomak Valley High School

October is all about Thanksgiving!

Activities:

  • Lesson Plans PreK-2 
  • Myth and Truth Grades 6-8 
  • Thanksgiving Facts 
  • Turkey Recipes
  • Turkey Songs and Poems
  • Thanksgiving Ideas for the Classroom

Books

Here are a few stories that use or teach about Thanksgiving.

  • T is for Turkey: A True Thanksgiving Book By: Tanya Stone
  • My First Thanksgiving By: Tomie DePaola
  • Thanksgiving By: Lynn Peppas
  • An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving By: Louisa May Alcott

Follow up Links

National Website
National Lesson Plans
Our Website

Our Mission Statement

"To promote the understanding of agriculture and natural resources among students, educators, and the general public"

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Email: maitca@maine.gov

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