A2O-LancMter Farming, Saturday, December 4, 1999
Dover Ag Science Teacher Attends National Training Seminar
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
DOVER (York Co.) Dover
Area High School ag science
teacher and FFA adviser Ronald
Weaner was one of 17 agriculture
teachers around the country
selected to attend a national train
ing seminar for applied environ
mental science.
Early this month, Weaner
traveled to the airport in Dallas,
Texas to participate in a national
train-the-trainer environmental
science workshop conducted by
the National Council for Agricul
tural Education.
From Nov. 5-7, agricultural
teachers from 16 states partici
pated in activities and discussions
related to ecology and natural
resources at the eight-hour work
shop. According to the council, the
teachers examined how people
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how plants and animals affect the
environment, and the goal of
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environmental regulations.
After training, Weaner, selected
at the state level by Pennsylvania’s
vocational education department,
is certified to conduct applied
environmental science training
workshops for local agriculture
and science teachers in
Pennsylvania.
The project was directed by Dr.
Robert Birkenholz and Dr. Bryan
Carton, professors of agricultural
education at the University of
Missouri.
According to Weaner, the
applied environmental sciences
curriculum is used in schools. The
seminar provided useful classroom
materials, including overheads and
handouts, on water quality studies,
soil nutrient management, soil sci
ence, and other items useful for
teachers.
of the horses with serious dis
ease have recovered and have
posed no risk to other horses.
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of exposure to the virus by pre
venting or limiting your ani
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Horses should be stabled inside
from dusk to dawn, and incect
repellents should be used until
there is a killing frost (These
precautions may or may not be
nesessary in the spring.)
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At Dover, Weaner teaches ninth
grade ag science technology, ag
mechanics from 10- 12th grade,
and wildlife management and
natural resources conservation.
By attending the Dallas confer
ence, Weaner will be presenting
the curriculum program he learned
to the Pennsylvania agriculture
teachers conference scheduled
July 10-13 in Shippensburg. The
conference is conducted at a Ship
pensburg hotel by ag teachers in
Adams and Cumberland counties.
As for the information, “I plan
to use quite a bit of it," he said. “It
contains some new resources for
us."
The program was also a cultural
exchange, of sorts, Weaner noted.
His roommate at the seminar was
an ag teacher from Gillette, Wyo.
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For a person from Wyoming
who knows litde about the East,
the differences are notable. It
would be like living in China and
coming to America for the first
time, according to Weaner.
But the work presented will
make the job of “putting lessons
together a little bit easier,” said
Weaner.
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instructional materials are deliv
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by the council in partnership with
the National Association of Agri
cultural Educators. The council
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and support for the continuous
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