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AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

Lab-Aids Applied Science Concept kits and modules, our CASE material packages,
and SEPUP products address key agriscience and STEM content through relevant
real-world issues . This approach both motivates students and enhances understanding,
while preparing them for critical thinking in college, career, and life .

With Lab-Aids students have the opportunity to experience agriscience by using:
• inquiry strategies to collect and process scientific evidence.
• evidence to make informed decisions and evaluate trade offs .

• real-world issues that encourage development of analytical trade-offs and
critical thinking .

• innovative methods for integrating science, mathematics, literacy, and technology .
• STEM problem-solving skills .
• materials that illustrate agriscience’s important role in a sustainable future .

Many of our products are aligned to the updated Agriculture, Food, and Natural
Resources (AFNR) Pathways (NCAE 2015) .

NATIONAL AGRISCIENCE TEACHER AMBASSADOR ACADEMY (NATAA)
- a partnership that supports agricultural education -

We are proud of our 14 year partnership with DuPont, the National Association of
Agricultural Educators (NAAE) and the National FFA Foundation that supports it .
Lab-Aids has been recognized as a valuable DuPont partner, primarily for our long-
standing role as a curriculum partner and our initial help in program and workshop
design .

NATAA has trained over 300 Ag Ambassadors from every state who have then
presented to thousands of teachers and tens of thousands of students . This program
is truly making a difference in agricultural education . For more information and to
apply to NATAA, visit: naae.org/profdevelopment/nataa.cfm

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