November

1. What’s for Lunch Series: Bananas - Corn - Honey - Milk - Peanuts - Potatoes
Grades K-3 (Book)
This series shows kids where their food comes from. It also explains the many different uses for the specific products. Students learn what nutrients they get from each food and why it is important to eat different foods.

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2. Eating the Plates
Grades 3-6 (Book)
A fascinating account of the Pilgrims’ eating habits, customs and manners. A great book to bring the Pilgrims to life. Included are recipes to make a complete Pilgrim dinner.

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3. Cranberries: Fruit of the Bogs
Grades 2-6 (Book)
This is an amazing book about cranberry farming in America.  It is full of award-winning photographs of daily tasks on a cranberry farm.  Take a tour of two cranberry farms in Wisconsin and  follow the author as she describes in clear, concise prose the activities that take place throughout the growing season. 
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4. The Oregon Cranberry - A Century of Success
Grades 4-12 (Video)
The Oregon Cranberry farmer has been cultivating berries since the turn of the twentieth century. Learn about the changes in the cranberry industry from field construction to berry harvesting in this 20 minute video.

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5. Growing a Nation
Grades 5-12 (CD-ROM)
American history program for secondary teachers featuring the story of American agriculture, an event timeline, lesson plans and more.
Download directly: http://www.agclassroom.org/gan/classroom/index.htm.

October

1. Welcome Series: From Pumpkin to Seed
Grades K-2 (Book)
Emerging readers will enjoy the simple text that describes how a pumpkin seed grows into a pumpkin. Large print, colorful pictures and bolded key words make these books easy for kids to read and understand.

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2. Pumpkin Circle
Grades K-3 (Book)
The Pumpkin Circle shows how a pumpkin patch starts with a seed, develops into a plant and produces pumpkins, which finally provide more seeds.
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3. Corn is Maize, The Gift of the Indians
Grades K-3 (Book)
The story of Maize and the Native American farmers who found and nourished it from a wild grass plant into the corn we know today. Clear accurate illustrations accompany text on each page.
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4. Tomatoes, Potatoes, Corn, and Beans
Grades 4-8 (Book)
In this fascinating story of the many foods first grown in the Americas.
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5. Food Models
Grades K-12 (200 Models & Instructor Tips)
The next best thing to food itself, without the messy clean-up! 200 durable, punch-out color photos representing the actual serving size of common foods. The back of each food model includes current nutrient information.

Purchase from the Oregon Dairy Council or Free Loan

6. Food Comparison Cards
Grades 6-12 (108 Cards & Leader Guide)
Bar graphs, pie charts and percentages on these 8.5 x 11 cards help students see the nutrient differences between foods such as soda pop vs. milk.
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September

1. Apples: A Class Act!
K-3, 4-6 (Instructional Units)
A bushelful of teaching ideas incorporating apples into the standard curriculum subjects in math, reading, art, writing, science, health and more. Attractive newsletter format and creative classroom activities make teaching stimulating and learning fun.

Free from the U.S. Apple Association.
Download directly: http://www.usapple.org/educators/applestore/index.cfm

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2. Cotton’s Journey from Seed to You
Grades 4-8 (Kit)
A field trip in a box! A great kit to enhance your teaching about the civil war, the book “Roll of thunder, hear my cry,” how our clothing is produced, or plant science.
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3. Growing a Nation
Grades 5-12 (CD-ROM)
American history program for secondary teachers featuring the story of American agriculture, an event timeline, lesson plans and more.
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To receive a free copy of “Growing a Nation” e-mail Tami.Kerr@oregonstate.edu . Or download directly: http://www.agclassroom.org/gan/classroom/index.htm

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