September, 2012
Our nation's first fairs were all about agriculture. They were organized to introduce farmers to new animal breeds and other agricultural innovations. Read more about the history of fairs...
September 11 is Protect Your Groundwater Day95 percent of all available freshwater comes from aquifers underground. More about groundwater, with activities and resources...
September 13 is the birthday of children's author and illustrator Robert McCloskey.One day McCloskey noticed some ducks crossing the road and holding up traffic. He decided they would be a good subject for a picture book. He wanted to observe them more closely in order to draw them, so he picked up four ducks and took them home to his studio apartment in Boston. He said, "The ducks had plenty to say—especially in the morning. I spent the next weeks on my hands and knees, armed with a box of Keenex and a sketchbook, following the ducks around the studio and observing them in the bathtub." All that observation and drawing became Make Way for Ducklings (1941), which won a Caldecott. (from Garrison Keillor's "Writer's Almanac," September 15, 2009)
Plant some Fall VegetablesConsider planting some fall vegetables your students may never have tried. If you have an outdoor classroom, or just a little space outdoors, you can still plant. Read more, with activities and resources...
Shine on, Harvest MoonThroughout the year the Moon rises, on average, about 50 minutes later each day. But near the autumnal equinox, the day-to-day difference in the local time of moonrise is only 30 minutes. Read more, with activity... |
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Autumn begins September 22. A busy month in Oklahoma fields: Wheat and oat planting begins. Sorghum, soybeans and peanut harvest begins. Corn and alfalfa hay harvest continues. September is Food Safety Education MonthOnline AITC Food Safety Lessons September is Organic Harvest MonthBetween 2002 and 2007 the number of organic farms in Oklahoma grew from six to 131. Explore the different meanings of the word "organic" in this lesson. Examine the differences between organic and conventionally-produced foods and learn to identify fact, opinion and various propoganda techniques with this lesson: Organic or Conventional? Oklahoma Vegetable of the Month: Tomatoes
Oklahoma Fruit of the Month: Peaches |
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Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom is a program of the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and the Oklahoma State Department of Education.