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Learning from the land.

A hammock overlooks the Educational Farm's hoop house. A hammock overlooks the Educational Farm's hoop house. Credit: Julia Levine, Rural Schools Collaborative

Get your hands dirty

Monmouth students lead a healthy eating demonstration at a local elementary school. Monmouth students lead a healthy eating demonstration at a local elementary school.The Educational Studies Department works closely with the Educational Farm & Garden to help you take advantage of these offerings to strengthen your teaching and enrich student learning.

Learn how to plan a field trip, bring experts into your classroom, and find resources to support your students through local ecology. Work with mentor teachers, professors and staff to design memorable lessons in real-world contexts.

Maybe you’ll run soil labs, make edible art, write journals or create projects that address hunger in the community.