The Science Savvy series of workshops provide teachers with numerous hands-on activities to teach science as well as other subject areas using safe, inexpensive food products and agriculturally connected lessons.

• Literature Links to Agriculture - Uses popular children’s literature with an agricultural theme to teach science, math and language arts.
• Sweet Science -Hands on activities featuring candy and candy ingredients will link science, math, geography, social studies and language arts.
• Supermarket Science - Using the 30 minute video Food Doesn’t Grow in the Supermarket, and common food items, teachers will learn hands-on cross-curricular activities to teach students about the scientific process and where their food comes from.
• Corny Science - Learn several hands-on activities to teach science using corn and corn products. Some topics to be covered include states of matter, volume, density and plant life cycles as well as incorporating math, language arts and social studies concepts.
• Smart Snacks -  Hands on science lessons that examine why certain foods are better for us than others.

For more information on a specific workshop, or to schedule a workshop at your school, contact Suzanne Macauley at (732)730-0075 or via email at njagsociety@optonline.net.

 

 

Suzanne Macauley, Program Director
PO Box 331
Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone (732)730-0075
Fax (732)730-0735
E-Mail: njagsociety@optonline.net