The mobile laboratory is designed to provide students with relevant activities as they learn about agriculture, environment, and the effect of agriculture on our everyday lives through Science, Mathematics, Language Arts, and Social Studies. They work in cooperative groups to solve a problem as they form a hypothesis, collect data, and draw conclusions. Investigations are chosen by the school to support the curriculum being taught. During the remaining blocks of time, other classes may visit the lab and complete mini- lessons.
Scheduling is flexible and set on individual school needs and size.
Giles' Fourth grade students. Students learn to . . . Examine and record the properties of several large and small grains. Examine the environmental impact of packing foams made from petroleum and corn, and then make plastic from corn. Produce glue from milk and then test its strength against a commercial glue.