More than 3,000 college students visited the brand new Union County Special Events Center for Wake Up to Agriculture, an annual program third grade college students that teaches them about agriculture and expands on topics that the scholars realized within the classroom.
Traditionally, the occasion passed off on the Union County excessive colleges and their cluster colleges would go to the varsity for this experience. This yr, in partnership with Union County Public Schools and their Careers & Technology Education program, NC Cooperative Extension hosted the occasion on the new facility.
The occasion moved to one location to present every third grade classroom with the identical studying experience. They had been all in a position to study one thing new about massive animals, small animals, crops and soil, ecosystem, and pressure and movement.
Wake Up to Agriculture supplied a possibility for the scholars to discover and find out about completely different careers in agriculture.
NC Cooperative Extension enlisted key stakeholders just like the City of Monroe’s Fire Department, Union County Soil & Water Conservation, Extension Master Gardener Volunteers, Union County Beekeepers, Basket Care Farms, and lots of others to showcase and lead classes for the third graders taking part within the experience.
N.C. Cooperative Extension gives info to assist folks, companies and communities clear up issues, develop abilities, and construct a greater future. Extension makes a speciality of agriculture, 4-H youth growth, communities, meals and diet, after which atmosphere. To study extra about our packages, please go to: https://union.ces.ncsu.edu/