Time to preview National Convention!  Listen in as Lewis returns to the show and we talk all things Indianapolis including:

- What Lewis has been up to.

- Our picks to win some of the National CDEs and LDEs.  (Please do not use these for gambling purposes).

- What we love about National Convention

- Food suggestions in Indianapolis

- What happens when students rip their pants

- Our favorite things to do while visiting Indy

- Panhandlers

- Binomial Nomenclature with Lewis: Giant Panda

On the tenth episode of the Owl Tales Podcast we replace Lewis with Ms. Grace Clark who is running for National FFA Office.  

-We discuss Grace's background and how she got involved in Ag. Ed. and FFA

-What it is like to run for national office

-Learning in a Sam Evans led classroom

-The National Agronomy CDE and competing at National Convention

-An extensive discussion about Dole Whip

-A few other thoughts on National Convention

-Binomial Nomenclature without Lewis

This week the Owl Tales podcast is about to fall apart due to sickness and chigger bites but we're still here doing what we do best. We talk about:

- Some interesting pranks at Western Hills High School

- Professional Development for Ag. Teachers

- Environmental Science Camp in Eastern Kentucky

- The Kentucky Master Agriculture Teachers Program

- CASE Curriculum

- A cringe-worthy story from opening session at the summer KACTE conference a few years back

- Binomial Nomenclature: False Aralia

On episode 1.8 there is a lot to get to including:

- We review podcast events that have happened lately, including a couple of recent Twitter polls.

- Balancing other responsibilities outside of work.

- Bringing the family along with you as you fulfill your duties as an Ag. Teacher.

- Mr. Hayes and Lewis have another epic SAE visit.

- The first in a series of Ag. Teacher Pranks in honor of "Trick or Treat".

- Binomial Nomenclature: Sweetgum Tree

Episode 1.7 was once again hosted at the Kentucky FFA Leadership Training Center with Agriculture Teachers James Kash (Menifee County), Ashley Rogers (Nicholas County) and Darilyn Hamilton (Spencer County).  During this episode:

- Lewis does a Charles Barkley impersonation

- Ashley gets attacked by a parrot

- James' SAE visit to a coyote farm

- Daniel's experiences with SAE visits in Owen County

- Favorite FFA Camp memories including:

--Matt hits a half court shot

-- Daniel's teeth get knocked out

-- James has spider bites

-- Darilyn goes down a waterslide

-- Lewis tries to arrest Ashley

-- Lewis goes swimming

 

And, of course, our new feature: Binomial Nomenclature with Lewis

The Owl Tales crew was at the Kentucky FFA Rising Sun Conference at the FFA Leadership Training Center in Hardinsburg, KY this weekend and was able to interview Lindsay Wayne.  Lindsay is an Agricultural Educator at Taylor County High School.  Here are some of the topics:

- Further details about our contest on Teach Ag Day (September 19th)

- A comment that was left for Lewis on the Apple Podcast app

- Matt Chaliff's lettuce

- Lindsay's stories about teaching with her brother, Ryan Williams

- A potential candidate for the 2023 Kentucky Governor election

- Porcupine eggs and board stretchers

- Lindsay's memories of teaching at Scott County

- Pet snakes in the classroom

- How awesome custodians are

- An introduction to our first ever recurring segment: Binomial Nomenclature with Lewis.

The 5th episode of Owl Tales is our first ever via Skype, hopefully you enjoy mediocre sound quality! During the episode we wanted to highlight Teach Ag Day by sharing some memories of our favorite Agriculture Teachers Mr. Jeff Hayes and Mr. Roy Reynolds!  Here are some of the highlights of the episode:

- Our theory on why we received a two-star rating on our podcast on Apple Podcasts

- Recent twitter polls we conducted

- Teach Ag Day on September 19th

- How all of us decided to pursue Ag. Education as a career

- What Mr. Hayes & Mr. Reynolds mean to all of us

- The time Mr. Hayes drove on a side walk in Lexington

- Lewis's SAE visits with Mr. Hayes

- Exciting times in the classroom and at camp with Mr. Reynolds

- The first ever Owl Tales contest!

On this episode of Owl Tales we have our second part of the interview with Toni Myers which took place on 8/23/19.  During the course of the episode we covered:

- Land Judging in Oklahoma City

- Lamb Fries/Castration

- Advice for new teachers

- Tenacious Toni and her student teachers

On the third episode of Owl Tales, we interview Agriculture Teacher Toni Myers at her home in Harrodsburg, KY.  This interview will be posted in two episodes and in the first episode we discuss:

- Exactly what Toni Myers does for a living

- Yoga

- The Kentucky Castle

- Toni's background in Ag. Education

- State Fair re-cap

- Toni's trip to Hawaii

- The time Toni tried to hook Matt up with a girlfriend

- Christmas floats

Okay so, Episode 1.2 was recorded immediately after episode 1.1 so your hosts got a little slap happy.  However, we covered some very important topics such as:

- The time Daniel, Lewis and Mr. Jeff Hayes went to a job interview together.

 - What our first days of teaching were like.

- Advice for teaching who are having their first ever first day.

- Necessary school supplies for the first day of school.

- The 127 yard sale.

- The Kentucky State Fair (including food recommendations)

- The Academy Award winning film "Ivy League Farmer"

- And much more!