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Animals Past and Present Character Education All-Star River Explorers Great Plant Escape Dr. Arbor Talks Trees Knowing Your World
Additional Websites
  • Trees Are Terrific
    Travel with Pierre as you learn all about how trees are important to us!
  • Adventures of Herman
    Squirmin' Herman the Worm teaches students all about worms and how to make their own worm bin in this interactive curriculum.
  • Great Corn Adventure
    Zea Mays explains the importance of corn, how it grows, and its thousands of different uses.
  • Character Development
    Those who work with and on behalf of young people, families, and communities can become involved in character education and promote ethical decisions in all facets of the lives of children and adults.
  • Out on a Limb
    It's not easy to get along. Help Maria and her friends solve their problems peacefully.
  • Weather One
    Lessons for elementary students about clouds, seasons, air pressure, winds, global warming, and violent weather.
  • Schools Online
    Wonderful interactive curricula for students about a variety of science and social studies topics.

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For more information about these programs, please contact:

Don O. Frederick
County Extension Director
Jasper/Cumberland Unit
1401 Clayton
P.O. Box 31
Newton, IL 62448
Phone: 618-783-2521
FAX: 618-783-2232
dfrederi@illinois.edu

Connie L. Elliott
Community Worker, Jasper County, Youth & Family
Jasper/Cumberland Unit
1401 Clayton
P.O. Box 31
Newton, IL 62448
Phone: 618-783-2521
FAX: 618-783-2232
celliott@illinois.edu

Ryan Staley
Program Coordinator, Cumberland County,4-H/Youth & Family
Jasper/Cumberland Unit
130 Courthouse Square
P.O. Box 218
Toledo, IL 62468
Phone: 217-849-3931
FAX: 217-849-2411
rstaley@illinois.edu

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