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  • Agricultural DronesLogin to Hold

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    Agricultural Drones

    Simon Rose

    Farm fields can span hundreds of acres. With so much area to cover, checking crops and livestock can be difficult. But with an agricultural drone, this job becomes much simpler. Young readers will discover how drones help farmers maximize efficiencies and bring abundant harvests. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Careers, Farming, Food, Science, Technology
    Resource Type: Books
  • What's for Lunch?: How Schoolchildren Eat Around the WorldLogin to Hold

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    What’s for Lunch?: How Schoolchildren Eat Around the World

    Andrea Curtis

    In What's For Lunch Andrea Curtis reveals the variety and inequality to be found in the food consumed by young people in typical school lunches from thirteen countries around the world, including Japan, Kenya, Russia, United States and Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Afghanistan. In some countries, the meals are nutritious and well-balanced. In others they barely satisfy basic nutrition standards. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Food
    Resource Type: Books
  • Bees of OregonLogin to Hold

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    Bees of Oregon

    Insect Pest Prevention and Management

    Out of more than 500 bee species in Oregon, this poster selects 18 bees including specie names and a detailed picture. Students will be shocked when they see what these many bee species look like and how they differ. This poster does not need to be returned.
    Categories: Insects, Oregon
    Resource Type: Posters
  • Carbon Cycling PosterLogin to Hold

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    Carbon Cycling Poster

    Threemile Canyon Farms

    This poster illustrates the carbon cycle in detail with descriptions and pictures at each step. This item does not need to be returned.
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Lifecycles
    Resource Type: Posters
  • Chinook Rubber Fish ReplicasLogin to Hold

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    Chinook Rubber Fish Replicas

    Get Oregonized

    After studying fish and their lifecycles in Oregon's Interior Valleys (chapter 7) in the Get Oregonized text, rubber fish replicas allow students to create beautiful Gyotaku (fish prints). These rubber fish replicas are of chinook salmon, perfect for after a lesson on the state fish!
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Oregon
    Resource Type: Manipulatives
  • Desktop Greenhouse KitLogin to Hold

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    Desktop Greenhouse Kit

    Students investigate the importance of light to plants by creating a desktop greenhouse investigation and exploring the process of photosynthesis. This kit includes: clear cups, black cups, batteries, LED lights, peat pellets, seeds, black construction paper and electrical tape. This kit includes materials for a class of 30 students. This kit does not need to be returned. DUE TO LIMITED STOCK, LIMIT ONE KIT PER ORDER.View complete lesson here.  
    Categories: Farming, Gardening, General Agriculture, Plants, Science
    Resource Type: Kits
  • Down-to-Earth Enriching Learning through GardeningLogin to Hold

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    Down-to-Earth Enriching Learning through Gardening

    Bob Williamson, Ellen Smoak

    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.
    Categories: Gardening, General Agriculture
    Resource Type: Instructional Units
  • Eat This!Login to Hold

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    Eat This!

    Andrea Curtis

    "Eat This!" is an effective analysis of varied marketing tactics to persuade younger consumers to eat non-nutritious or junk food, with specific suggestions for ways to avoid being overly influenced by media publicity tactics in food choices, and ways to request or encourage food providers to offer a wider range of healthy choices of foods targeted towards kids.This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Food, Foods & Nutrition
    Resource Type: Books
  • Farm Anatomy- The Curious Parts & Pieces of Country LifeLogin to Hold

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    Farm Anatomy- The Curious Parts & Pieces of Country Life

    Julia Rothman

    Learn the difference between a farrow and a barrow, and what distinguishes a weanling from a yearling. Country and city mice alike will delight in Julia Rothman’s charming illustrated guide to the curious parts and pieces of rural living. Dissecting everything from the shapes of squash varieties to how a barn is constructed and what makes up a beehive to crop rotation patterns, Rothman gives a richly entertaining tour of the quirky details of country life. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Animals, Farming, Foods & Nutrition
    Resource Type: Books
  • Find Your PathLogin to Hold

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    Find Your Path

    Oregon Forest Resources Institute

    From the forest springs a huge collection of industries that account for one out of 20 Oregon jobs. This publication looks at the wide range of employment opportunities available in Oregon's forest sector. 1 teacher guide will be included with a class set. These do not need to be returned. 
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources
    Resource Type: Printed Materials
  • Forest Education PacketLogin to Hold

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    Forest Education Packet

    Packet comes with many activities and lessons suitable for all grade levels.
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Forestry
    Resource Type: Instructional Units
  • Freshwater Drum Fish ReplicaLogin to Hold

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    Freshwater Drum Fish Replica

    Your students will learn how to make gyotaku (that’s Japanese for fish print) by using this realistic fish replica made of rubber, rolling it with block printing ink, and applying it to paper. Use the fish to create unique greeting cards and stationery, framed prints for hanging, wrapping paper - the ideas are endless!
    Categories: Animals, History
    Resource Type: Manipulatives
  • US WheatLogin to Hold

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    US Wheat

    Oregon Wheat Commission

    This tri-fold shows students where the six different types of wheat in the United States is grown, and what they are used for. It also describes how wheat is shipped all over the world.
    Categories: General Agriculture
    Resource Type: Manipulatives
  • Grain GrinderLogin to Hold

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    Grain Grinder

    Grind wheat, rice, oats, barley, non-oily seeds, and spices. Adjustable from fine to coarse textures. Great for fresh whole grain flours or cracked grain cereals. Precision stainless steel burrs ensure a long life. A sturdy, compact mill that out performs larger, heavier hand grinders. A bag of wheat is provided.This item needs to be returned. 
    Categories: General Agriculture
    Resource Type: Grain Grinders, Manipulatives
  • Maritime Northwest Garden GuideLogin to Hold

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    Maritime Northwest Garden Guide

    Seattle Tilth

    Revised in 2014, Tilth Alliance's month-by-month manual is tailored to the Pacific Northwest climate and a helpful resource for gardeners of all levels, beginning to expert. The 128-page guide outlines each month's garden tasks and lists hundreds of vegetable, herb and flower varieties to plant. It includes strategies for year-round gardening, articles about organic gardening techniques, resources, recipes and activities for kids.
    Categories: Gardening, Insects, Plants, Science, Soils, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Moving the Classroom Outdoors: Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning in ActionLogin to Hold

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    Moving the Classroom Outdoors: Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning in Action

    Herbert W. Broda

    Designed to provide teachers and administrators with a range of practical suggestions for making the schoolyard a varied and viable learning resource, Moving the Classroom Outdoors presents concrete examples of how urban, suburban, and rural schools have enhanced the school site as a teaching tool. The book focuses on the practical and the specific, including ideas for seating, signage, planting considerations, teaching/meeting areas, outdoor classroom management, pathways, equipment storage, raised gardens, and more. The book also provides an outdoor activity sampler, information on incorporating technology into the outdoor learning experience, and a chapter on the unique concerns of urban schools. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Gardening
    Resource Type: Books