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1. All About Peanuts and Peanut Butter
Grades K-2, 3-5 (Instructional Units)
Lesson plans and activity sheets cover history, nutrition, science and geography of peanuts.
Free from the American Peanut Council Educational Service.
Download directly: http://www.aboutpeanuts.com/index.php |
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2. 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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3. Apples of Your Eye
Grades K-2 (Book)
This book gives you a taste of how farmers manage apple orchards. From soil-type to grafting new trees to harvesting the apples, you’ll see apples up-close and personal. Great pictures and readable text make this book excellent for your classroom.
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4. Apples to Oregon
Grades K-4 (Book)
This book is based on the true story of Henderson Luelling, who in 1837 brought his family of ten, plus 700 of his best fruit trees and berry bushes, over the Oregon Trail to the Portland area. His was the first nursery in the state. A great way for teacher’s to celebrate Oregon’s 150 th birthday.
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5. Bread Comes to Life – A Garden of Wheat and a Loaf to Eat
Grades K-2 (Book & Video)
This book is filled with stunning color photography of wheat growing, dough rising, and bread baking. This video features live-action footage and time-lapse photography telling the story of daily bread...
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6. The Christmas Tree Story
Grades 1-6 (Video)
From seedling to recycling, this 25-minute video takes the viewer on an adventure to find out “where Christmas trees come from.” This is a very special story about Oregon ’s Christmas Tree Industry.
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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. Crazy About Corn
Grades K-2 (Video & CD Kit)
A lively, fun-filled educational CD-ROM, video and educator’s guide which will keep students interested while learning about pattern recognition, memory, counting, alphabetizing, geography, agriculture and elementary scientific concepts.
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11. Down-To-Earth: Enriched Learning Through Gardening
Grades 6-8 (Instructional Unit)
Through this hands-on, minds-on program, youth get the basics of botany, the gist of gardening, the essentials of ecology and much more. Award winning activity guide is an excellent resource.
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12. Ecology Field Cards-Set 1, Douglas-fir Forests
Grades 5-12 (cards are laminated for durable field use)
Discover what lives around you in the Douglas-fir Forest! Created for Willamette Valley habitats, explore local plants insects, wildlife, and more! Increase you knowledge of native species, biodiversity, relationships, and cycles.
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13. Ecology Field Cards-Set 2, Oak Woodlands
Grades 5-12 (cards are laminated for durable field use)
Discover what lives around you in the Oak Woodlands! Created for Willamette Valley habitats, explore local plants insects, wildlife, and more! Increase you knowledge of native species, biodiversity, relationships, and cycles.
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14. Ecology Field Cards-Set 3, Riparian Bottomland Forests
Grades 5-12 (cards are laminated for durable field use)
Discover what lives around you in the Riparian Bottomland Forests! Created for Willamette Valley habitats, explore local plants insects, wildlife, and more! Increase you knowledge of native species, biodiversity, relationships, and cycles.
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15. Farm Fun
Grades K-3 (CD-ROM)
An activity-based CD ROM designed to educate children about agriculture and farming in our society.
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16. Farmer George Grows a Nation
Grades 2-5 (Book)
This picture-book biography focuses on George Washington’s life as a farmer, inventor, and scientist; however, the author also draws many parallels between his role as farmer and as leader.
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17. Food Chains
Grades 3-5 (Book)
This book shows kids interactions between different organisms in various ecosystems, from woods to rain forests to the seashore.
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18. From Field To Flavor, The Production of Mint Oil
Grades 2-6 (Video)
This 11-minute video shows the growing, distilling and processing of peppermint and spearmint. Students will learn how the mint flavor they enjoy in chewing gum, candy and toothpaste gets from the plants in the field to processing. Provided by A.M. Todd.
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19. Fruit...Close Up and Very Personal
Grades PreK-K (Video)
Take a closer look at colors, shapes and names in this in-depth look at FRUIT...Close Up and Very Personal.
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20. Fun with the Plant Nutrient Team
Grades K-3 (Booklet)
This 24-page activity book features nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K), the major plant nutrients.
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21. Gardening Series
See Them Sprout: Grades 3-4 (Instructional Unit)
Lets Get Growing: Grades 5-6 (Instructional Unit)
Take Your Pick: Grades 7-9 (Instructional Unit)
Growing Profits: Grades 10-12 (Instructional Unit)
Four grade-level activity guides with exciting activities in six major categories: Garden Planning, Planting a Garden, While You Wait, Garden Care, Harvesting and Storage and Careers.
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22. Gifts of Gold Series
(Instructional Units)
Seeds, Stalks & Science: Agricultural Awareness Grades K-2
Food, Family & Fun: Consumer Science – Grades K-2
Harvest, Husks & Harmony: Communication and Expressive Arts – Grades K-2
This series consists of three lesson booklets, each with 10 lessons.
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23. The Great American Christmas Tree
Grades 2-6 (Video)
This video gives a detailed look at the process Christmas trees go through from the field to the consumer.
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