Students will learn the function of a grist mill in the past, as well as today. They will learn about corn and how it came to grow, with the help of proper amounts of rain, in the Thumb of Michigan. Corn was also ground for the food needs for farm animals, such as chickens, cows, etc. Each student will have an opportunity to put a cob of corn in the hand cranked corn sheller. Then the grist mill, powered by a tractor, will grind the corn to make cornmeal. Each class will be given a bag of corn meal so that their teacher or someone can make some corn bread and for the students to taste at school!
