Two Ohio Owls

10 National Proficiency Winners. 30 State Proficiency Winners. And Countless State Proficiency Finalists. In today’s episode, Shelby Faulkner and Stephanie Jolliff, agriculture teachers at Ridgemont High School, Ohio discuss their organic mentality to SAE and Proficiency Award development, and how they help students strive for success in the Proficiency Award program.

Resources from this episode:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12zpD4SPhvzRLUJaWN17Hm3km0VrIlaBx?usp=sharing

In today’s episode, Pamela Schultz, agriculture teacher at Fayette High School, Ohio discusses how she takes Temple Grandin’s vision of animal handling and makes it hands on for her students through her Animal Handling Project.

Resources from this episode:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19SkcZ2sZJ1peTANQVQbeOEK7b4ltmSB0?usp=sharing

Intimidated by initiating a chapter-wide agriscience fair? Looking for ways to make your students’ agriscience fair projects less overwhelming? Megan Moorman, agriculture teacher at Westfall High School, Ohio provides listeners in this episode with tips and tricks on how she helps her students achieve success in the Agriscience Fair at the state and national level.

Resources from this episode:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dF1jA2B9ZRtF8AI4_Oky7uajtvJjqNiB?usp=sharing

In this episode, we are joined by fellow Owl, Abbey VanTyne, agriculture teacher at Norwayne High School, Ohio where she explains her Cattle Contract Breeder project. Learn how she simulates real-world, production agriculture in her classroom as her students learn what it takes to be a cattle contract breeder.

Resources from this episode:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14S0E2_3plQczGKQ9Fb4MO77TN4egPk8Q?usp=sharing

In today’s episode, we are joined by Sarah Heilers, agriculture teacher at Anna High School, Ohio where she discusses her 12 week Swine Nutrition Project. Her students raise six market hogs in their shop until butcher, learning all about nutrition, digestion and meat science.

Resources from this episode:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qeJMXtspjYpJCU6Z_fnIphzI4RY703mY?usp=sharing

Wondering how you can incorporate science into Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources? Whitney Short, agriculture teacher at Anthony-Wayne High School, Ohio shares multiple Biotechnology labs and ways she incorporates STEM into her courses, and provides insight into how she became more comfortable teaching these concepts in her courses.

Resources from this episode:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1stpMjz5Z1KCABfKgNHsKxBzm-tq2vZVm?usp=sharing

In this episode, you will learn about Adulting 101. Jerry Schwartz, agriculture teacher at Eastwood High School, Ohio explains how he teaches Taxes in his Business Management class to prepare students for life after graduation.

Resources from this episode:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17tSFelRBO4yNwa4MtahAFc6lnbLRgqEk?usp=sharing

Looking for a perfect review lesson for both digital and in-person learning? In this episode, Meredith Wolfe, agriculture teacher at Oregon-Clay High School, Ohio, discusses how she uses Escape Rooms to review lessons in these non-traditional times of virtual learning. Meredith also share a how-to video on how she learned to create this unique lesson.

Resources from this episode: 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AgjejwbTKRsudP4a1QPoq54W232Jkr9H?usp=sharing

Join Katie Black, agriculture teacher at Wauseon High School, Ohio, as she discusses the Gummy Bear Dissection she uses in her classroom to introduce animal health and planes of dissection.

Resources from this episode:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zdhn3e_c7MChscHedl3DFxKlL6HSFFpn?usp=sharing