Monthly Archives: July 2016

Connecting Internship to Classroom

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This internship relates to my classroom curriculum in a number of different ways, particularly with the act of conservation. In the 8th grade science curriculum, one of the key concepts for students is knowledge of conservation and conservational practices. This is something that is fairly easy for the students to understand, but the curriculum doesn’t call for specific conservational methods/practices used in… Read more »

Weeks 2 & 3 at the USDA

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Jacob has supplied me with a lot of different resources throughout the past two weeks as a way of fostering some ideas for when I take my experiences back to the classroom to share with my students. These resources are going to be pivotal in how I actually create my product and introduce the key concepts of my lesson, so… Read more »

Internship Into Product

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So far, I’ve been able to get a lot of great ideas for how my final product will be. Jacob and I have been brainstorming a number of things that I can easily relate to my students in a fun and engaging manner. Jacob also said that he would help me in any way possible, so I hope that will… Read more »

A Visit from Craig & Lisa!

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Thankfully, today I was visited by Craig Tucker and Lisa Hibler from Kenan Fellows! Now I had met Craig previously from my interview process, but I’ve only corresponded with Lisa from email, so it was nice to have a face to the name. We had our meeting go under way with both Jacob and I present. We went through some… Read more »

First Week at the USDA

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Wow, what a week it has been! I’m truly astounded by the amount of information I’ve learned in the past week under Jacob Giddens. I am truly thankful to have such a great mentor. But enough of the bragging, let’s get down to business. Firstly, not only was I able to witness what goes on within the offices amongst the… Read more »

Benefits of My Internship

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When it comes to the benefits of my internship in relation to my mentor’s organization, Jacob and I had an in-depth talk about this. One of the main things that the USDA-NRCS has been focusing on was outreach. However, with their busy schedules and all of the paperwork (and fieldwork) they have to focus on during the day, it is sometimes… Read more »

What Exactly is the USDA?

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First…shout out to the best mentor an intern could ever have in Jacob Giddens. Not only does this guy know what he’s talking about, he places his knowledge in a easy-to-manage style that I am just soaking up! Now, I have passed by this building many times in the past, but I’ve never once stepped foot into this suite because… Read more »

Education & USDA-NRCS

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As an educator, my goals here at the USDA-NRCS are simple: to learn what the USDA does and to relate it to conservational practices used here in Duplin County and to expose my students to some of the intricacies dealing with agribusiness and conservation. Students today do not know what goes on in the field of agriculture. They are also… Read more »