Meeting Pattern

• Wednesday, June 18, 2025 {9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.}
• Thursday, June 19, 2025 {8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.}

Description

Understand the importance of your role in maintaining and sustaining our environment and its resources. Features visits with stakeholders that are instrumental in getting farmers' productions to the markets. Stops include information about planting better crops, using better equipment, developing new products, and selling the products once they are ready. 

The 2025 Ag. In the Classroom Farm Tour is going to the central part of the state. This tour will depart from Minot and will visit agriculture related businesses like AGT Foods products, 1481 Meats, Dakota Agronomy Partners North Prairie Grain, North Central Research Center and Cenex Harvest States.

The tour will depart from Minot State University Campus and then proceed to the locations to follow. You will be given time at the conclusion of the class to type up tour notes and prepare a 500-to-1000-word reflective essay summarizing how you can apply information gained on the tour in your respective classroom activities. A copy of notes and/or visual record of locations visited will be turned in for grading. Grading will be letter &/or satisfactory/unsatisfactory and will include the following factors: satisfactory attendance, satisfactory discussion in tour discussions, satisfactory notes, and a satisfactory reflective essay. The NDGA will conduct a follow-up survey during the academic year to determine how you applied knowledge gained, to your classroom. The class will be limited to 20 participants. To register online, contact Jeffrey Beck 701-240-9231 or email jeff.beck@minot.k12.nd.us.

Syllabus, Objectives, and Outcomes

Objectives:

You will:

• Understand the importance of your role in maintaining and sustaining our environment and its resources.  
• Become familiar with Tree and Project Learning Tree and other imagery using tools.
• Design and share a lesson plan demonstrating some of the skills and tools used in the workshop relative to applicable North Dakota Common Core standards.

Materials:

Required Materials

• Paper, pencils, pens, highlighters
• Camera /iPhone (suggested)

Testimonials:

"THE VISITS TO THE DIFFERENT AGRICULTURAL FACILITIES WERE SO HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND THE AG SYSTEM IN NORTH DAKOTA. THE GUEST SPEAKERS WERE VERY GOOD AND GAVE GOOD INFORMATION FOR OUR CLASSROOMS."

"THE AG TOURS WERE WELL ORGANIZED AND I LEARNED A LOT."

"I WAS ABLE TO USE MATERIALS FROM THIS CLASS IN MY CLASSROOM."

"JEFF BECK PUTS TOGETHER A VERY NICE COURSE FOR TEACHERS. REALLY ENJOYED THE CLASS."

"ENJOYED THE CONNECTIONS THAT WERE MADE."