Will County Farm Bureau Agriculture in the Classroom
Teacher Resources
School Programs & Events
Will County Farm Bureau Agriculture in the Classroom offers schools in Will County programs for both classroom visits and school events. These visits can include speaking to a farmer, performing hands-on-activities, and even visiting with a farm animal. For school events, we offer activities adapted for the event.
For Will County teachers, teaching resources are available for FREE. We have an array of agriculture activities and lessons for every grade level. Agriculture topics available span across livestock, crops, conservation, and more, with connections to core curriculum like Language Arts, Math, and Science.
Professional Development
Each summer, professional development is offered to Will County teachers through Summer Ag Institutes. These institutes, either one day or multi-day, offer teachers the chance to be submerged into local agriculture, while obtaining resources to connect these local projects to their classrooms.
Farm Field Trips
While many who live in Will County live in an urban or suburban setting, we are never far from a local farm or food production facility. We can connect schools with local farmers for field trips and include pre and post field trip lesson plans while assisting with other resources for the day of the trip.
Request resources or a classroom visit.
Want to implement agriculture into your classroom? Fill out the form to request the Ag in the Classroom coordinator to contact you regarding resources or a classroom visit. These resources are free to teachers in Will County schools.
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The Will County Farm Bureau Agriculture in the Classroom program works on behalf of farmers and the agriculture industry to assist teachers in implementing agriculture related topics into their classrooms. Agriculture is related to every human, as it is the reason we eat each and every day. We have a wide variety of topics and materials that relate agriculture to everything from Math to Language Arts.
We are the county program that is apart of Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom. While we strive to help as many teachers as we can, if your school is outside of Will County, we will connect you with your county’s respective Ag in the Classroom Coordinator.
Will County’s Ag in the Classroom program is funded through a grant from the IAA Foundation, fundraisers & contributions from the Will County Farm Bureau, and through donors.
The Will County Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom Coordinator is Dakota Cowger, a farmer from Peotone. He can be reached at aitc@willcfb.com