Past projects 54
Review Supplies
Funded Mar 29, 2016Thank you again for giving us the opportunity to have mini whiteboards and markets to use as review. Students do enjoy using technology, but sometimes going old school is the best method to get the best "bang for our buck." My students were very excited to use whiteboards, they love drawing on the board but that must be limited due to the price of dry erase markers. The next steps for my students on a current classroom project include reviewing in my agriculture science I class for beef reproduction, and my Ag Sales class is reviewing the law of diminishing returns...whiteboards help! Thanks!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Yamnitz
Student-Led Ag in the Classroom
Funded Mar 19, 2016Thank you again for allowing us to have books to read to our elementary classes. We were able to read to them all the books and they really seemed to enjoy them. Our younger students love learning about agriculture and everything in between, but it was even better to see them learning from a high school student's perspective. It was really neat to be able to read to them stories about what we love most. The books were great. The mozzarella book taught the kids where cheese comes from, we also read about an apple orchard, and where eggs come from - and that chickens are not the only ones to lay eggs!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Yamnitz
This classroom project was brought to life by Gates Foundation & Think It Up Supporters and 2 other donors.Beef Reproduction
Funded Oct 4, 2015Thank you for allowing my students to have the opportunity to better learn about beef reproduction. We used the cow reproductive system to dissect and examine the internals of a beef cow - examining the ovaries, Fallopian tubes, uterus, cervix, vaginal canal, and vulva of the beef. Students were able to touch it and experience one on one training with it.
My students were very excited to see the reproductive tract in person, which they would not have the opportunity to do so in a regular classroom. The next steps to this project include traveling to our local sale barn to "preg check" cows that come through the sale barn. Thank you,”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Yamnitz
Grow Like You Mean It
Funded Jun 17, 2015Thank you for giving us the opportunity to educate students on greenhouse operations. We will not be using the greenhouses themselves until second semester, when it is warm enough outside to start plants, it was ordered too late for the spring semester of 2015. We will use the greenhouses to start plants, grow them until the frost is over, then plant into a garden area located here at school. Again, thank you for this hands on opportunity my students would not have received otherwise!
Thanks again,”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Yamnitz
This classroom project was brought to life by UPS Foundation and 4 other donors.Poultry Reproduction
Funded Feb 24, 2015Thank you for giving us the opportunity to receive an egg incubator for our classroom. Our six classes of agriculture science have enjoyed taking care of the chicks that we raised, and we are about to start getting eggs from those chickens, which is so exciting!
The students loved watching the chicks hatch, and my construction class learned even more by building a chicken coop outside while waiting for the chicks to hatch.
This project has allowed the students to have hands on learning which included tending to eggs, making sure the settings of the incubator are correct, candling the eggs, and after-hatching care.
Thanks again!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Yamnitz
Hydroponics
Funded Oct 22, 2014Thank you for giving my the opportunity to learn more about hydroponic systems. This is something that was unfamiliar and unrecognizable with every student within my classroom until now. Hydroponics is becoming an important part of the economy in urban agriculture because of it's ability to grow large amounts of products (especially food products) in a small amount of space with no soil required. My students have been able to better grasp the ever-changing agriculture field, which has been a very positive experience!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Yamnitz