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Voices from the Field: Children of Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories
S. Beth Akin
This critically acclaimed book features photographs, poems, and interviews with nine children who reveal the hardships and hopes of today's Mexican-American migrant farm workers and their families.

Categories: Careers, Farming, General Agriculture, History, Washington County Library
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Cycling Back to Nature: Food Production and Pesticides
Robert Horton
This instructional unit is versatile and can be adapted to various grade levels. The guide contains information and lesson plans about the ecosystem, microorganisms, farmer role-playing, pesticides, and the environment, and world populations and food production. Well written and teacher friendly. These materials would be very useful in 5th grade science and economics education for grades 4-9.

Categories: Foods & Nutrition
Resource Type: Instructional Units
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Cycling Back to Nature: Soils Alive! — From Tiny Rocks to Compost
Robert Horton
This hands-on guide explores Mother Nature's development of soil and soil enhancements through composting.

Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Gardening, Soils
Resource Type: Instructional Units
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Dear Tomato
Collection of Poets
From field to farmyard, to table to tummy, this amazing pairing of poetry about agriculture will entice your students to reflect on what they see on the farm. This book needs to be returned.

Categories: Foods & Nutrition
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Dragons, Houses, and Other Flies
Dragons, Houses and Other Flies — Grades 9-12 (Instructional Unit) This activity guide invites youth to explore the fascinating world of insects and learn valuable life skills through hands-on activities.

Categories: Gardening, General Agriculture
Resource Type: Instructional Units
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Ecology Field Cards- Set 4, Wetlands and Wet Prairies
Oregon State University Extension
Discover what lives around you in the Wetlands and Wet Prairies! Created for Willamette Valley habitats, explore local plants insects, wildlife, and more! Each set comes with an Educator’s Guide which includes educational activities for students. 1 teacher guide comes with a set of cards. This item needs to be returned.

Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Forestry, General Agriculture
Resource Type: Manipulatives
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Ecology Field Cards- Set 5, Upland Prairie
Oregon State University Extension
Discover what lives around you in the Upland Prairie! Created for Willamette Valley habitats, explore local plants insects, wildlife, and more! Increase you knowledge of native species, biodiversity, relationships, and cycles. Each set comes with an Educator’s Guide which includes educational activities for students. 1 teacher guide comes with a set of cards. This item needs to be returned.

Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Forestry, General Agriculture
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Ecology Field Cards-Set 1, Douglas-fir Forests
Oregon State University Extension
Discover what lives around you! Created for Willamette Valley habitats, explore local plants insects, wildlife, and more! Each set comes with an Educator's Guide which includes educational activities for students. 1 teacher guide comes with a set of cards. This item needs to be returned.

Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Forestry, General Agriculture, Plants
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Ecology Field Cards-Set 2, Oak Woodlands
Oregon State University Extension
Discover what lives around you in the Oak Woodlands! Created for Willamette Valley habitats, explore local plants insects, wildlife, and more! Each set comes with an Educator's Guide which includes educational activities for students. 1 teacher guide comes with a set of cards. This item needs to be returned.

Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, General Agriculture
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Ecology Field Cards-Set 3, Riparian Bottomland Forests
Oregon State University Extension
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. Each set comes with an Educator’s Guide which includes educational activities for students. 1 teacher guide comes with a set of cards. This item needs to be returned.

Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Forestry, General Agriculture
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Establishing and Managing Forest Trees in Western Oregon
In this publication, we will help you understand how you can best plant and tend to trees in your woods to ensure that they remain healthy and productive. This book needs to be returned.

Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Forestry
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Farmers Feed Us All Bookmark
Receive a class set of 25 bookmarks.This kit does not need to be returned.

Categories: General Agriculture
Resource Type: Printed Materials
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Flower Power Kit
Students will explore external anatomical parts of a flower and the key principles of pollination. This kit includes materials for 30 students: Paper, bead, pipe cleaners, and tissue paper. This kit does not need to be returned.

Categories: Gardening, Plants
Resource Type: Kits
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Food-Discovering World Cultures Series
Our lifestyles often influence what and how we eat. This fascinating book examines how food is grown, prepared and appreciated by different cultures around the world. Children will be interested to learn why certain foods are more popular in certain parts of the world and why we eat the foods we do. This book will need to be returned.

Categories: Farming, Foods & Nutrition
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Wool Fiber in the Making
Pendleton Mills
A great hands-on kit that describes in detail the eight steps in woolen manufacturing. Your students can touch raw wool, view the pictures of the process and read about each step of the process.

Categories: Animals, Conservation & Natural Resources
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Gardening for Grades
Florida Agriculture in the Classroom
This book contains an assortment of hands-on activities that revolve around gardening and gets them excited about growing their own food.This book needs to be returned.

Categories: Farming, Foods & Nutrition
Resource Type: Books

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