Workshop Highlights
Eat, Learn, Teach Summer Agriculture Institute 2019
USU Salt Lake Center920 W Levoy Dr.
Taylorsville, UT 84123
Monday, July 29, 2019
9:00-9:15
Registration
9:15-9:30
Orientation
- Introductions
- Utah AITC Overview
- Agenda
9:30-10:20
Agriculture in Context
- Source Search
- What is a Fruit? What is a Vegetable?
- KWL Chart (I Know, I Want to Know, I Learned)
10:20-11:00
State of the Planet
- If the World Were a Village (2019)
- A Quick Trip to 7.6 Billion
- Population in 2050
- Global and Domestic Hunger
- Food Waste
- Sphere of Influence
11:00-11:15
Break: Load Bus
Noon
Lunch at USU Botanical Gardens
12:45-2:00
Tour of Varga Arboretum and Gardens
2:00
Load Bus
2:45-3:30
Cold Springs Trout Farm (Ogden)
3:30
Load Bus
3:45-4:30
Pettingill's Fruit Stand (Fruit Way)
4:30
Load Bus
5:15-6:00
Check into Utah State University's University Inn
6:00-8:00
Dinner at USU Agricultural Sciences Building Patio
Tuesday, July 30
7:00-8:00
Breakfast at University Inn
8:00
Load Bus
8:20-9:20
Tour USU Caine Dairy—Milking Robots
9:30-10:30
Tour USU South Farm—Transgenic Goats and Sheep
10:45-11:45
Tour Gossner Foods, shopping time
12:00-1:00
Catered Lunch w/Aggie Ice Cream
1:30-2:30
Tour Aggie Chocolate Factory, shopping time
- Group A—tour at 1:30, Group B—cacao lesson
- Group B—tour at 2:00, Group A—cacao lesson
2:45-3:30
Tour USU's Spider Silk Lab
3:45-4:45
Johnson Family Farm Tour (Benson)
5:00-8:00
Farm-to-table Tour
Dinner at Gibbons Green Gate Farm (Smithfield)
Wednesday, July 31
7:00-8:00
Breakfast at University Inn
8:00-8:30
Visit USU Campus Store (optional)
8:30
Check out of University Inn;
Bring suitcases to bus
Travel to School of Applied Sciences, Technology & Education (ASTE)
Travel to School of Applied Sciences, Technology & Education (ASTE)
8:45-11:45
Workshops at ASTE (see Elementary & Secondary Workshops below)
Noon-1:30
Lunch at ASTE Pavilion
AgClassroom Store, Resource Table
1:30
Board Bus
3:00
Closing
- KWL Wrap-up
- Resource Bags
- Questions?
SAI Elementary Workshop
8:45-11:45 AM
Whole Group Activities
8:45-9:00
Navigating the Matrix
- MyLibrary Accounts
- Curriculum Centers
9:00-10:15
10:15-10:30
Break
Small Group Activities
10:30-11:45
SAI Secondary Workshop
8:45-11:45 AM
Whole Group Activities
8:45-9:00
Navigating the Matrix
- MyLibrary Accounts
- Curriculum Centers
9:00-10:15
10:15-10:30
Break
10:30-11:15
- DNA Expressions in Agriculture
- What's New on the Nutrition Facts Label?
- The Omnivore's Dilemma: Curriculum Resources
- The Omnivore's Dilemma: Additional Resources
Small Group Activities
11:15-11:45