Education

The Colorado Beef Council is committed to supporting education. We offer a wide variety of educational materials and programs FREE to educators in Colorado.

Developed by teachers, for teachers, supplemental materials add diversity to classrooms. Educational aids range from wall charts to contemporary DVD/video kits with teacher's guides and reproducible masters. A team of teachers correlated the materials with the Colorado State Academic Standards. These standards as well as descriptions of the materials and how to order them can be found on our order forms.  Go to the Materials section of this website to access the forms.

Consumer & Family Studies Instructors  

The Colorado Beef council offers a beef grant program for CFS classes to purchase beef as well as offers classroom materials to Colorado instructors free of charge. The beef grant is an opportunity for you to apply for up to $100 per consumer class and $150 per ProStart/Catering class, with a limit of $600 per school. For more information, download the application materials by clicking on the following links.

School Wellness Toolkit

To help schools write and implement their school wellness policy, the beef checkoff developed the School Wellness Tool Kit. This kit provides background information on children's health, how-to guidance for participation at all stages of program development and references and links to individualized state information. Download your free copy and get involved with your local school.

Cattle in Colorado History

As you teach about Colorado history, don't forget beef cattle with its many intriguing facets. This revised book helps to understand the story of Colorado's agricultural development, especially that of the cattle industry.
Download your free Cattle in Colorado History book as well as the answer guide.

Ag in the Classroom/Colorado Foundation for Agriculture

The Colorado Foundation for Agriculture was established in 1991 to promote agricultural literacy in Colorado. Programs include:

Colorado Reader
Summer Institute
Activity Books
Activity Sheets
A River's Journey/Water in the West CD-ROM
Science Teachers' Conference
Food, Land & People