On Tuesday, May 9th, the Malad and Stone Elementary students were taken to the Oneida County Events Center for the Ag Education Expo. This was sponsored by the Oneida Soil & Water Conservation District, with help from Sawyer Fonnesbeck at the U of I Extension office, and the Malad High School Ag Advisor Lexie Evans.

Several FFA students were involved in teaching the elementary students at each station, and designed a tri-fold display and lesson plan for each of the learning stations. The education stations included: Wildlife, skulls, pelts and prints, edible aquifers (where drinking water comes from), plant life cycle, tractor safety, baby animals, and soil science profile tubes (layers of the earth). FFA students taught about the fun experiences they have had in both the 4H and FFA programs. Two students talked about pumice, where it comes from and what it is used for. The last station was all about a cheeseburger and how every ingredient in it relates back to the soil. The younger children loved hearing from the high school kids, and had fun learning about agriculture.

The FFA students quickly learned how to keep the attention of the younger students, and how to answer the many questions they had for them. The students, both high school and elementary are looking forward to this being a yearly event.