A.WA.R.E.
Agriculture in WAshington: Resources for Educators
A.WA.R.E. was created to help make teachers AWARE of the agriculture education resources available to them. Each organization offers teachers a different mechanism of delivering agriculture education to students grades K-12. The Franklin Conservation District is the lead agency for the A.WA.R.E. collaboration.
Washington Ag in the Classroom
Washington Agriculture In the Classroom (WAIC) annually publishes three issues of a student magazine, Ag@School showing the seven growing regions of Washington, teaching about general agriculture, technology, and caring for the land and resources.
Ag@School magazines and teacher's guide are filled with ready-to-use information, suggestions for lessons and activities which are based on facts about Washington agriculture and meet Washington State Educational GLEs.Classroom subscriptions are free to subscribing teachers. Subscribe Today.
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PRIME Curriculum
The mission of PRIME is to teach children to become stewards of our natural resources. PRIME lessons and activities help students discover connections between natural resources, professionals who responsibly utilize these resources, and the consumables created by them to support our society. Kits are ALL-INCLUSIVE and FREE to Washington State teachers.
Primary PRIME Kits
- Animals
- Soil & Water
- Bees & Flowers
- Fruits & Vegetables
- Introduction to Agriculture
Intermediate PRIME Kits
- Soils
- Seeds
- Eggs & Dairy
- Herbs & Mint
- Ag Technology
- Ag Technology
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Natural Resources Teacher Workshops
The NNRI holds a variety of teacher workshops each year in various locations throughout the state. They provide an opportunity for teachers to learn about natural resource management in an educational environment. Workshops include:
Project WILD
is an interdisciplinary conservation program emphasizing wildlife. Project WILD is one of the most widely-used conservation and environmental education programs among educator of students in kindergarten through high school. It is based on the premise that young people and educators have a vital interest in learning about our natural world.
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers)
is an award-winning, non-profit water education program. The program facilitates and promotes awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship of water resources through the dissemination of classroomready teaching aids and the establishment of internationally sponsored Project WET programs
Project Learning Tree (PLT)
is widely recognized as one of the premier environmental education programs in the world. Through hands-on, interdisciplinary activities, PLT helps young people learn how to think, not what to think, about complex environmental issues.
Mining and Minerals
is a three-day workshop for K-12 teachers and includes topics on mining and minerals resources and focuses on uses of minerals, mineral extraction, mine reclamation, aggregate activities, rock and minerals kits, Out of the Rock Activity Books and resource materials. Teachers go on tours of Central Pre-Mix's open-pit gravel mine, Lucky Friday's processing mill and the Sunshine Refinery.
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