| Welcome Angela!
New York Agriculture in the Classroom has a new coordinator! We miss Heather dearly, but we wish her luck in her new position, and we welcome Angela with open arms and minds!
Angela Hedstrom has been learning and teaching on farms, in classrooms, in gardens, and with a variety of community partners for over a decade. She has developed curriculum with Shelburne Farms and the Burlington School Food Project (VT) as well as Cornell Garden-Based Learning. Angela has facilitated educator professional development on a variety of topics including curriculum integration, sustainability and place-based education, garden-based learning, and agricultural literacy. She has a Masters in Teaching from Lewis and Clark College and is a certified elementary teacher. Her email address is acm237@cornell.edu
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An entire lesson plan focused around pumpkins, including ties to language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science.
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From Halloween jack-o-lanterns to Thanksgiving pie, pumpkins brighten up autumn days in so many ways. This book discusses where pumpkins come from, why we carve them on Halloween, and how to make pumpkin pie. This book brings you facts about pumpkins and can help to teach geography, history, nutrition, and life sciences.
ISBN: 978-1570915574
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Make an Pumpkin life cycle chain!
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University of Illinois Extension's webpage all about pumpkins!
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Kids Growing Food Grants
Deadline: November 11th, 2011
Grant applications are available on our website.
More Information
Regional Fall Workshops
We are looking for sites to host our fall regional workshops. If you would be interested in bringing NY Agriculture in the Classroom programs to your area please contact us at NYAITC@cornell.edu or 607-255-9253.
2012 Agriculture Literacy Week
March 19th-23rd, 2011
For more information about Agriculture Literacy Week please visit our website. We will be adding information to the site throughout the summer.
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