Food, Land
& People
Institute
Journal
FLP Institute Schedule
TIME
Tuesday, June 7
TIME
Wednesday, June 8
8:30-9:00
Welcome/Assignments - Class details in
Auditorium/Rm 104
8:30-8:45
General Session in Rm 104
9:00-10:00
"Sam Ting" by Tom Gibson in Rm 104
8:45-9:45
"Season's Through the Year" by Susan Anderson
and Dr. JoAnne Buggey in Rm 380
10:00-10:10
Break
9:45-10:00
Break
10:15-10:45
Group A: "Building Dendrites with Ag in the
Classroom" by Ginger Deitz in Rm 380
10:00-10:45
Group B: "Farmer Grows A Rainbow"
by Gail Bakko in Garden Level
Group A:" Collaborators of Ag in the Classroom"
by Brenda Deckard & Company in Rm 380
Group B: "Ag Mags & You"
by Cheryl Bombenger & Becky Koch in Rm 104
10:50-11:20
Groups switch places
10:50-11:30
Groups switch places
11:30-12:15
Working Lunch
11:30-12:15
Lunch on your own
12:20-1:15
Mini Sessions in Garden Level
12:15-1:45
"From Sea to Shining Sea" by
Susan Anderson & Dr. JoAnne Buggey in Rm 380
Group A: "Scent-sational" Soybeans"
by Mary Kensok in Rm 380
1:45-2:30
Tortilla in a Bag Activity and Break in Garden Level
Group B: "Farming for Numbers"
by Jill Vigesaa & Ginger Deitz in Garden Level
2:30-3:25
"On the Moooove" by Ginger Deitz in Rm 380
2:15-2:25
Break
3:30-4:00
"Very Hairy Catepillar" by Brenda Morman in Rm
380
2:30-3:30
Groups switch places
4:00-4:30
Wrap up, Announcements & PRS Eval. in Rm 104
3:30-4:30
"Collaborators of Ag in the Classroom" by
Brenda Deckard & Company in Rm 380
1:15-2:15
Mini Sessions (Tuesday)
Making Ag Books by Cheryl Bombenger
Newspapers in Education by Kerri Kava
Garden in a Glove by Gail Bakko
Ziplock Activities by Jill Vigesaa
Seed Bottles by Gail Benson
Intro to FLP Land & Water Workshop by Ginger Deitz
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TIME
Thursday, June 9
TIME
Friday, June 10
8:30-9:00
Welcome/Assignments
Class details & PRS in Rm 104
8:30-9:00
"Surf with Me" by Gail Bakko in Rm 104
9:00-10:00
"Multiple Intelligences" by Gail Benson and Penny
Andrist in Rm 104
9:00-10:00
"FLP Connections to No Child Left Inside" by Gail
Benson and Jill Vigesaa in Rm 104
10:00-10:10
Break
10:00-10:10
Break
10:15-11:30
"Immigration Unit & Growing a Nation" by Dina
Laskowski in Rm 380
10:15-11:30
"Feed the Need" by Ginger Deitz, Jill Vigesaa
and Dwight Aakre in Rm 380
11:30-12:15
Lunch & Music by Cheryl Bombenger
in Garden Level
11:30-12:15
Lunch on your own
12:15-1:30
"Evaluating Student Work" by Deana DeFoe & Gail
Benson
12:20-12:50
Group A: Tour Plant Science
Group B:Tour Food Science
Group A: "Loco for Cocoa" by Ginger Deitz in Rm
380
1:00-1:30
Group A: Tour Food Science
Group B: Tour Plant Science
Group B: "Whole Wheat Choo Choo Train"
by Tara Sondeland in Garden Level
1:45-2:30
Group A "Pictures worth a Thousand Words" by
Dina Laskowski in Garden Level
1:30-2:30
Group B "Trading Favorites"
by Jill Vigesaa & Ginger Deitz in Rm 380
2:30-2:40
Break
2:45-3:45
Groups switch places
2:30-3:00
Break & PRS time
3:45-4:30
"Rockin' with Red" in Rm 104
3:00-3:45
Groups switch places
3:45-4:30
Wrap up
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Food, Land and People Institute Course Syllabus
COURSE & NUMBER:
OBJECTIVES:
Education 600 – Food, Land & People
Institute
PREREQUISITE:
None
CREDIT HOURS:
1 or 2 graduate level credit(s)
(2 day or 4 day options)
FEES:
$50 – Registration fee for 2 days
$85 – Registration fee for 4 days
1. Provide educators with an opportunity to understand larger concepts
such as ecosystem balance, diversity, sustainability, watersheds and
community.
2. Use lessons available in FLP, guide group activities (large, small, and
cooperative), provide for individual differences and learning styles, and
evaluates students’ learning.
3. Develop understanding, thinking skills, creativity, and improve
communication skills in the learning environment with students.
4. To use FLP lessons and see how they integrate curriculum and are
aligned to the North Dakota standards. See ND FLP Alignment at
www.ndaginclassroom.org Heading FLP Curriculum Standards, or ND
Standards www.state.nd.us/espb
5. Identify and use appropriate learning activities to integrate social
concerns and social perspectives regarding food, land, and people issues.
6. To use instructional media FLP CD.
Credit Fee: $50 per credit
TEACHERS OF RECORD: Virginia M. Deitz
Gail Benson
TEXTBOOKS:
Food, Land & People “Resources for
Learning” Spiral Binder of Food, Land &
People 2nd Edition CD, “Worksheets Don’t
Grow Dendrites” By Marcia Tate, Ed. 2010,
www.foodlandpeople.org and other related
websites (e.g. www.ndagclassroom.org)
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Attendance: Attend 15 hours of classroom instruction for one credit
and 30 hours for two credits
2. Reflective Journal: Participants will complete a reflective journal
entry for each session attended. Journals will include reflection on the
presentation and application in the educator’s classroom or position.
3. Participation: Participants are required to be actively engaged during
the class sessions through the questioning of processes and practices
presented along with productive discussions about integration into the
classroom curriculum, while addressing grade level standards and
benchmarks.
DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to provide educators with resource information
and education materials that supplement across the curriculum in PreK12. The textbook for the course will be “Resources for Learning” but will
include additional materials provided during the workshop. The course
will provide an overview of strategies, materials, curriculum
development, and research related to assisting the Pre-K- 12th grade
educators to better understand the interdependence of agriculture, the
environment, and human needs through lessons in multiple curriculum
areas: science, health, consumer education, mathematics, social studies,
geography, and more. This Project FLP Institute will focus on the impacts
of agriculture on society with geography, social studies and science
emphasis.
EVALUATION:
The students will be evaluated on the completion of the requirements
with point values stated. The attached course rubric will be utilized for
individual student assessment and letter grading.
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Project Food, Land & People Institute Rubric for Assessment
Class
Attendance
Weight 25%
Class
Participation
Weight 25%
Exemplary (5)
Satisfactory (3.5)
Developing (2.5)
Low (1)
Individual arrives promptly and is
ready to participate
Attends 15 Credit Hours
Assignments are completed in a timely
manner
Participant attends only 12-14
Credit Hours
Participant attends no more than
10-12 Credit Hours
Participant attends less than
10 Credit Hours
25 points
17.5 points
12.5 points
Participant is an attentive listener and
takes opportunity to reflect upon and
share creative classroom applications
of material presented.
Individual is enthusiastic about
participating in activities with peers.
Individual respects facilitator directives
and observes agenda timeline for
breaks.
Individual usually listens, shares
and participates in class discussion.
Individual is generally ready and
willing to participate in the
activities of the lessons with
facilitators and peers.
Individual is generally ready to
refocus following breaks with
limited reminders.
Individual listens, shares and
participates but sometimes
interrupts or engages in side
conversations while someone else
is speaking.
Individual holds back from
engaging actively in group
activities and is not good team
player.
17.5 points
Journal
Writing
Weight 50%
Individual does not participate
in class discussions or
demonstrate active listening.
Time management is lacking
and individual takes extended
breaks.
5 points
25 points
Individual completes 12-14 journal
writing with accurate information from
the lesson with curriculum connections
that show creative and innovative
ideas to engage students in learning
the interdependencies of food, land &
people within their classroom learning
environments.
5 points
12.5 points
Journal writing content is quite
accurate; connections and ideas
are not fully developed to
demonstrate application ability.
Journal writing reflects moderate
understanding of the topic and
connections lack creativity in
engaging students in learning.
Journal writing is not
completed or lacks
connections to current units
being taught.
25 points
50 points
35 points
10 points
This rubric will be utilized to assess the above aspects of the workshop for each of the two possibilities for graduate credit obtained by attending this institute. Your
letter grade will be reported to NDSU based upon the following criteria point system for each graduate credit obtained:
90-100 = A
80-89 = B
70-79 = C
4
60-69 = D
<59 = F
Sam Ting
Table of Contents
9 – 10 AM - Tuesday, June 7th
Tuesday
5
Ag Characters
Collaborators of Ag in the Classroom
Building Dendrites with AITC
Farming for Numbers
Farmer Grows a Rainbow
Mini Sessions
Sam Ting
Scent-sational Soybeans
7
9
6
8
6
7
3
8
9
Wednesday
Collaborators of Ag in the Classroom
Ag Mags & You
From Sea to Shining Sea
On the Mooove
Season’s Through the Year
Tortilla in a Bag
Very Hairy Caterpillar
Thursday
Evaluating Student Work
Immigration Unit & Growing a Nation
Loco for Cocoa
Multiple Intelligences
Surf with Me Websites
Whole Wheat Choo Choo Train
Reflection:
10
10
11
12
9
11
12
13
Friday
14
13
15
13
14
15
16
Feed the Need
FLP Connections/No Child Left Inside
Pictures worth a Thousand Words
Surf with Me
Tours: Plant & Food
Trading Favorites
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16
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5
“Building Dendrites with AITC”
“Farmer Grows a Rainbow”
By: Ginger Deitz
10:15 – 10:45 or 10:50 – 11:20
By: Gail Bakko
10:15 – 10:45 or 10:50 – 11:20
Tuesday, June 7th
Tuesday, June 7th
Reflection:
Reflection:
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Working Lunch! Ag Characters
Mini Sessions
By: Ginger & Gang
11:30 – 12:15
General Evaluation
12:20 – 1:15
Tuesday, June 7th
Tuesday, June 7th
Reflection:
Reflection:
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“Scent-sational Soybeans”
“Farming for Numbers”
By: Mary Kensok
1:15 –2:15 or 2:30 – 3:30
By: Jill Vigesaa & Ginger Deitz
1:15– 2:15 or 2:30 – 3:30
Tuesday, June 7th
Tuesday, June 7th
Reflection:
Reflection:
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“Collaborators of Ag in the Classroom”
“Season’s Through the Year”
By: Brenda Deckard & Company
By: Susan Anderson & Dr. JoAnne Buggey
3:30 – 4:30 AM
Tuesday, June 7th
8:45 – 9:45 AM
Wednesday, June 8th
Reflection:
Reflection:
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“Collaborators of Ag in the Classroom”
“Ag Mags & You”
By: Brenda Deckard & Company
By: Betty Koch & Cheryl Bombenger
10 – 10:45 or 10:50 – 11:30
Wednesday, June 8th
10 – 10:45 or 10:50 – 11:30
Wednesday, June 8th
Reflection:
Reflection:
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“From Sea to Shining Sea”
Tortilla in a Bag
By: Susan Anderson & Dr. JoAnne Buggey
1:45 – 2:30
Wednesday, June 8th
12:15 – 1:45
Wednesday, June 8th
Reflection:
Reflection:
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“On the Moooove”
“Very Hairy Caterpillar”
By: Ginger Deitz
By: Brenda Morman
2:30 – 3:25
Wednesday, June 8th
3:30 – 4:00
Wednesday, June 8th
Reflection:
Reflection:
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“Multiple Intelligences”
“Immigration Unit & Growing a Nation”
By: Gail Benson & Penny Andrist
By: Dina Laskowski
9:00 – 10:00
Thursday, June 9th
10:15 – 11:30
Thursday, June 9th
Reflection:
Reflection:
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“Evaluating Student Work”
Surf with Me Websites
By: Deana DeFoe & Gail Benson
12:15 – 1:30
Thursday, June 9th
www.ndfb.org/edusafe
Go to Teacher Lessons & Resources
 Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grade Farm Kid
 The Very Hungry ND Caterpillar
Reflection:
http://ndfoodlandpeople.ning.com/
www.foodlandpeople.org
www.agfoundation.org
http://foodsafe.ucdavis.edu/html/home.html
www.agclassroom.org
(Go to Resource Directory then Teacher Center and State Programs)
http://americasheartland.org/
http://www.ndaginclassroom.org/
(FLP Curriculum Standards, FLP Schedule and AgMag)
www.choosemyplate.gov
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“Loco for Cocoa”
“Whole Wheat Choo Choo Train”
By: Ginger Deitz
By: Tara Sondeland
1:30– 2:30 or 2:45 – 3:45
Thursday, June 9th
1:30– 2:30 or 2:45 – 3:45
Thursday, June 9th
Reflection:
Reflection:
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“Surf with Me”
FLP Connections/No Child Left Inside
By: Gail Bakko
By: Gail Benson & Jill Vigesaa
8:30 – 9:00
Friday, June 10th
9:00 – 10:00
Friday, June 10th
Reflection:
Reflection:
Refer to page 14 for full list of sites
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“Feed the Need”
Tours
By: Ginger Deitz & Jill Vigesaa
12:20 – 12:50 & 1:00 – 1:30
10:15 – 11:30
Friday, June 10th
Friday, June 10th
Reflection: Plant Science Tour
Reflection:
Reflection: Food Science Tour
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“Pictures worth a Thousand Words”
“Trading Favorites”
By: Dina Laskowski
By: Jill Vigesaa & Ginger Deitz
1:45 –2:30 or 3:00 – 3:45
Friday, June 10th
1:45 –2:30 or 3:00 – 3:45
Friday, June 10th
Reflection:
Reflection:
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