Canton Area School District has received a $10,000 grant from America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund. The district will use the money to purchase laptop computers to promote interactive learning for high school students.
Increasing student access to computers will enable teachers to include more technology in science and agriculture lesson plans and will provide students with enhanced resources for project research, presentations, scientific and financial analysis, and electronic record-keeping. Students will also use the computers to simulate farm scenarios and perform detailed calculations in their nutrient management training as they work toward individual certification on nutrient management. Additionally, students will conduct research using the computers in preparation for local and state-wide FFA competitions.
“We’re excited about dedicating a group of computers to the agriculture and science department to help fully embrace technology as a key part of today’s agriculture environment,” said Tom Hojnowski, science and agriculture teacher. “This is something we simply wouldn’t have been able to accomplish without this grant.”
This year the school district also received an educational starter kit from Monsanto Company to help establish a pollinator garden, which will give students first-hand knowledge of the critical role habitat plays in providing bees and butterflies with food, shelter and places to lay eggs.
Since 2011, Grow Rural Education has awarded more than $9 million to help keep rural public school districts growing. The program works with farmers to nominate public school districts to compete for math and science grants of $10,000 or $25,000. A sister program, America’s Farmers Grow Communities, is currently enrolling farmers for 2016. To sign up, visit www.GrowCommunities.com before Nov. 30.
Increasing student access to computers will enable teachers to include more technology in science and agriculture lesson plans and will provide students with enhanced resources for project research, presentations, scientific and financial analysis, and electronic record-keeping. Students will also use the computers to simulate farm scenarios and perform detailed calculations in their nutrient management training as they work toward individual certification on nutrient management. Additionally, students will conduct research using the computers in preparation for local and state-wide FFA competitions.
“We’re excited about dedicating a group of computers to the agriculture and science department to help fully embrace technology as a key part of today’s agriculture environment,” said Tom Hojnowski, science and agriculture teacher. “This is something we simply wouldn’t have been able to accomplish without this grant.”
This year the school district also received an educational starter kit from Monsanto Company to help establish a pollinator garden, which will give students first-hand knowledge of the critical role habitat plays in providing bees and butterflies with food, shelter and places to lay eggs.
Since 2011, Grow Rural Education has awarded more than $9 million to help keep rural public school districts growing. The program works with farmers to nominate public school districts to compete for math and science grants of $10,000 or $25,000. A sister program, America’s Farmers Grow Communities, is currently enrolling farmers for 2016. To sign up, visit www.GrowCommunities.com before Nov. 30.