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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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AgroWorld E-zine
Grades 7-12 (Electronic Newsletter)
This free secondary educator E-zine features current events and classroom resources that enhance science, technology and social studies curricula.
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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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Animal Fibers
Grades K-3 (Book)
Part of Sunshine Books Science Series and ideal for young readers, this book focuses on the fibers we use.
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Animals on the Farm
Grades 3-4 (Book)
Students can read about a variety of farm animals and their uses.
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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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Barn
Grades 1-4 (Book)
The barn is a tale of change over time. The barn experiences numerous generations of people and their cultural traditions.
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Bringing Biotechnology to Life
Grades 7-12 (VHS & Teacher's Guide)
This 20-minute video explores biotechnology through the eyes of a student as he creates a presentation for science class.
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Chosen Fields Exploring Careers in Agriculture
Grades 4-10 (VHS & CD Instructional Unit)
This video helps students get a taste of careers in agriculture.
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Connecting to Agriculture
Grades 3-8 (VHS & Instructional Unit)
Animation, fun facts and farmers tell the story of agriculture and how it relates to economics, science and business.
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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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An Earthworm's Life
Grades K-2 (Book)
This book takes kids through the life cycle of earthworms, from birth in the spring to hibernation in the winter, and then to parenthood the following spring.
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Eggs 101
Grades 3-12 (DVD)
For a school video project, two students investigate the egg industry. Through their educational journey, they discover how the industry has changed over the years, where it is today, and why the industry has changed. A teacher's guide in PDF format is included on the disc and provides reviews and exercises corresponding to each chapter. It runs 29 minutes in length. Produced by PBS.
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Entomology: Insectaganza of Excitement
Creepy Crawlies — Grades 3-5 (Instructional Unit)
What's Bugging You — Grades 6-8 (Instructional Unit)
Dragons, Houses and Other Flies — Grades 9-12 (Instructional Unit)
Three activity guides invite youth to explore the fascinating world of insects and learn valuable life skills through hands-on activities. Helper's guide provides helpful hints, supplementary information and group activities.
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Every Day is Earth Day on the Farm
Grades 3-6 (VHS)
This 25-minute video captures the farm habitat and illustrates the delicate interaction of the farmer and nature. The effects of the water cycle and contemporary environmental practices are shown in detail.
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From Fiber to Fabric — Wool's a Natural
Grades 1-6 (DVD)
Narrated by Orson Wells, this DVD follows the history of wool from before Egyptian times to the present day.
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Gemma and the Baby Chick
Grades 2-6 (Book)
This heartening picture book unsentimentally highlights the wonder of new life on a farm.
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Investigating Plants: Hands-On, Low-Cost Laboratory
Grades 4-7 (Book)
The exercises in this manual were developed and tested by seventh graders. These young students were quick to demonstrate a hands-on approach to testing which of the experiments in this book were successful and which were not.
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My Oregon Plate
Grades K-12 (Instructional Map)
The My Oregon Plate includes a home-grown nutrition sheet and lessons featuring the bounty of Oregon foods.
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Planting a Rainbow
Grades K-2 (Book)
This educational and enjoyable book helps children understand how to plant bulbs, seeds, and seedlings, and nurture their growth.
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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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