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Agriculture & The Environment — A Teacher's Guide

Grades 6-9 (Instructional Unit)
The six chapters focus on issues, food safety, pesticides and pest management, water quality, wetlands and endagered species.
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Amazing Grazing

Grades 3-5 (Book)
Visit three ranches in Montana as you read and learn about proper care of the land and its resources to raise healthy, productive cattle.
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Caretakers All

Grades 3-9 (Instructional Unit)
Six hands-on lessons help teach about the care of animals, water, land, plants, resources and the community through a powerful series of full-color study prints and engaging black-and-white masters.
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Cycling Back to Nature: Food Production and Pesticides

Grades 4-12 (Instructional Unit)
This instructional unit is versatile and can be adapted to various grade levels.  The guide contains information and lesson plans.
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Cycling Back to Nature: Soils Alive! — From Tiny Rocks to Compost

Grades 6-11 (Instructional Unit)
This hands-on guide explores Mother Nature's development of soil and soil enhancements through composting.
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Dirt-The Scoop on Soil

Grades K-2 (Book)
Engage young readers in real science with this informative, fun, fact-filled book. This series is aligned with the standards, "The Earth" and "Forces of Nature" as required by Benchmarks for Science Literacy.
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Ecology Field Cards-Set 1 & 2, 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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Ecology Field Cards-Set 1 & 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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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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In Touch Science: Chemistry and Environment

Grades 3-5 (Instructional Unit)
The ten activities in the 112-page manual show students how each of five science concepts relates to chemistry and the environment.
www.intouch.cornell.edu/Chemistry_&_Environment2.pdf
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Lands of Contrasts: Ranching's Commitment to Oregon

Grades 4 - 12 (DVD)
Discover why all Oregon rancher's spend most of their lives caring for the land and wildlife.  This commitment to protect and improve the state's natural resources is what keeps rancher's strong today and in the future.
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Plant Plumbing

Grades 1-5 (Book)
Engage young readers in real science with this informative, fun, fact-filled book. This series is aligned with the standards, "The Earth" and "Forces of Nature" as required by Benchmarks for Science Literacy.
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Project Seasons

Grades K- 6 (Instructional Unit)
A collection of interdisciplinary, hands-on activities and teaching ideas for elementary educators.
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Ranger Rick's Trees are Terrific!

Grades 2-6 (Book)
This is a creative, activities-centered educational book dedicated to inspiring children and their understanding and appreciation of the natural world.
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Recycle Songs

Grades K-2 (Music CD)
Pair this music CD with the 2010 Literacy Book, 'Til the Cows Come Home for a complete reading session with song and dance.  Songs include: We Recycle, Recycle Rap, Twinkle Recycle Rock, Twinkle Bollywood, and Eensey Recycle.
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Scenes of Science

Grades 6 - 12 (DVD)
Learn how the Agricultural Research Service is working to ensure a safe and high quality food supply, assess the nutritional needs of Americans, and more.
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Soils: A True Book

Grades 3-5 (Book)
Explore soils and how we can take care of them within the pages of this book . Great to pair with gardening books and/or soils unit, also with AITC's hands-on soils lessons. Index and glossary included in book.
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Things We Can Learn from a Cow and a Worm

Grades 3-6 (Poster)
This 22" by 34" poster includes information and activities that help students understand how cows above ground and worms below ground benefit our environment.
Contact Oregon Beef Council at (503) 274-2333
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'Til The Cows Come Home

Grades 1-5 (Book)
The author lassos a traditional Jewish folktale ("The Button Story"), sets it in the American West, and rigs it up with tongue-tingling cowboy language to create an engaging story.
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To Market, To Market

Grades 1-6 (Book)
Known for art that celebrates the virtues of community, hard work, and living gently on the planet, Nikki McClure here explores a topic close to her heart: the farmers market. Alternating between story and fact, this lovingly crafted picture book follows a mother and son to the weekly market. As they check off items on their shopping list, the reader learns how each particular food was grown or produced, from its earliest stages to how it ended up at the market. To Market, to Market is a timely book that shines awareness on the skill that goes into making good food.
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The Worm Guide: A Vermicomposting Guide for Teachers

Grades 3-9 (Instructional Unit)
This guide explores using worms to transform food waste into a nutrient-rich finished product called vermicompost.
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Worms Eat My Garbage

Grades 4-9 (Book & Lessons)
A new edition of the definitive guide to vermicomposting--a process using redworms to recycle human food waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer for plants.
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Worms Eat My Garbage — Teacher's Guide

Grades 4-9 (Book & Lessons)
For the ecology minded, teachers, or anyone interested in activities to show the importance of worms in keeping our planet clean and healthy this is an absolute must have book.
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