Mr. Moomey has completed a STEM based CASE (Curriculum for AgriScience Education) training. The CASE Food Science training provided a curriculum to agricultural education teachers. Through a scholarship provided by the Nebraska FFA Foundation and funded by the Nebraska Soybean Board, Mr. Moomey is supplementing this STEM based curriculum by using soybeans as a model, focus and method for learning.
This fall Mr. Moomey will be implementing this curriculum in his classroom by utilizing soybeans in various segments of the Food Science CASE curriculum. Through his curriculum Mr. Moomey will be teaching his students about the process, benefits and challenges related to the use of soybeans in agriculture. He spent five days in Wayne in in-person training going through close to twenty labs and activities and learning a full semester of lessons and assessments. From going over the six parts of taste (sweet, sour, salty, bitter, savory and umami) to a lab using mass spectrometry to measure the polarity of sugars and sugar substitutes, the teachers at CASE engaged in hands-on learning that taught all aspects of food science and safety.
CASE’s mission is to impact student career readiness by empowering teachers with improved instructional practices and relevant curricula sustained by professional development. CASE certified teachers will reach more than 100,000+ students in 2023 with inquiry-based, student-focused activities, projects, and problems. “I will use this curriculum to facilitate hands-on learning in my classroom. For Schuyler High School this course will enhance our pathways and create greater learning outcomes for students as a whole.“ - says Mr. Moomey.
For more information about CASE and other Nebraska Agriculture Education teachers who have develop soybean curriculum for their agricultural education programs contact Stacey Agnew, Nebraska FFA Executive Director, at Stacey@neffafoundation.org
