Teachers Participate in TASTES Program in Modesto

Approximately 25 teachers of second grade through high school, mostly from the Central Valley of California, participated in the Teacher Agricultural Science Technology Education Seminars, or TASTES, program in Modesto.  The fourth annual event had teachers tour businesses, sample plant DNA,  learn about pest monitoring, review seed and soil sampling, as well as learn how to engagingly incorporate STEM through agriculture into their regular lessons.  Read more at: http://www.modbee.com/2011/06/08/1724548/the-science-of-ag-teachers-are.html#ixzz1QgLhtz00