Free Workshop In-Service  

Invite our State AITC Education Specialists to present a FREE workshop for the teachers at your school. AITC currently presents at 20 Illinois colleges, numerous school districts, and all Summer Ag Institutes for Educators.  We offer flexible scheduling before or after school and on Institute Days The workshops include free print materials correlated to the Illinois State Learning Standards, fun hands-on "make and takes" activities, and even door prizes! Snacks or lunches are provided by our Women's Committee.

Contact us locally at 815-338-1521
mcfbaitc@att.net 

Lesson and activities available from Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom:
-Apples
-Beef
-Biotechnology
-Candy
-Corn
-Dairy
-Earth Day
-Gardening
-General Farm
-Horse
-Illinois
-Nutrition
-Pork
-Pumpkins
-Soil
-Soybeans
-Specialty Crops
-Sports
-Tree
-Water

Click the link to access the activities http://agintheclassroom.org/TeacherResources/interest_approaches.shtml

Ag-Mags

Over 20 Ag-Mags are available through Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom. Some are even SMART board ready. Ag-Mags are available to all Illinois teachers for FREE, and to out-of-state teachers for a nominal fee.

Please click the link to access the IL Ag-Mags http://agintheclassroom.org/TeacherResources/AgMags.shtml

 To order these materials, contact us at mcfbaitc@att.net.

McHenry County AITC Activities
These Labs activities explain and provide pictures of the 30 activities that McHenry County AITC will share with teachers. The Ag in the Classroom Coordinator will in-service staff and/or teach your first class on any of these activities.

Note that we provide Power Point Presentations and description of activities (on a CD) upon request.

Grades K-5                                                          Grades 6-12                                           Classic Labs
1.)Christmas Tree Farms                               1.) Making BioDiesel                               1.)Cleaning Up Sewage
2.)Corn Presentation                                     2.) Making Ethanol...Wine Production        2.)Demonstrating Air Pressure
3.)Corn Life Cycle                                         3.) Corn Ethanol Directions                      3.)Microwavemania
4.)Pumpkin Patch Pie                                    4.) Exhaust Emission Lab Sheet                4.)Cloud maker
5.)Soaring Soybean                                       5.) Glacial Map Illinois                             5.)Egg in Bottle
6.)ISAT Ag Mag Practice                                 6.) Kid Wind Variables
7.)Making Ice Cream                                     7.) Wind
8.)Rivers & Barges                                         8.) Skull Lab
9.)Soybeans & Lecithin                                   9.) Skull Trays
10) Stomata for Gas & H2O Release
11) Chemical use on Farms
12) Cotton Activity
13) Energy Bike
14) Heart Lung Workshop
15) Making Ice Cream
16) Suitcase for Survival