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  • Worms Eat Our Garbage - Teacher's GuideLogin to Hold

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    Worms Eat Our Garbage – Teacher’s Guide

    Mary Appelhof

    Activities for all grade levels, nicely supplement Mary Appelhof's book Worms Eat my Garbage. After completing the activities in this unit, the student will understand the physical characteristics of the earth worm, understand the behavior of the earthworm, understand the needs of the earthworm, understand the habitat of the earthworm, and understand the relationship of plant, mineral, and animal kingdoms to the earthworm. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Gardening, Soils
    Resource Type: Books
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    Worms Eat MyGarbage

    Mary Appelhof

    Author Mary Appelhof provides complete illustrated instructions on setting up and maintaining small-scale worm composting systems. Internationally recognized as an authority on vermicomposting, Appelhof has worked with worms for over three decades. Topics include: bin types, worm species, reproduction, care and feeding of worms, harvesting, and how to make the finished product of potting soil. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Gardening, Soils
    Resource Type: Books
  • Ag Today - Issue 5Login to Hold

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    Ag Today – Issue 5

    National Agriculture in the Classroom

    This six part series is a publication of National Agriculture in the Classroom. Issue five explores how understanding the science, engineering, technology, and mathematics of agriculture, food, and natural resources is crucial for the future of all humanity. Teacher guide is included.Check out the e-book version and online teacher guide! Please put the number of students in your class in the quantity section at checkout to ensure the correct number of supplies gets to you.Additional publications: Ag Today Issue 1, Ag Today Issue 2, Ag Today Issue 3, Ag Today Issue 4, Ag Today Issue 6This item does not need to be returned.
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Farming, Science
    Resource Type: Printed Materials
  • Grown In Oregon Map PosterLogin to Hold

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    Grown In Oregon Map Poster

    This beautiful 36 X 24 inch full color Oregon map features the leading and unique commodities grown in the state’s seven regions. It is an excellent tool to bring the story of Oregon’s agricultural diversity to the classroom.The Grown in Oregon Map helps students visualize where things are grown in our state and why. It is a great tool for teaching regions. It can be used to learn about counties, or for starting a discussion on nutrition and the abundance of healthy produce in our state.Maps are free to Oregon teachers. This item does not need to be returned.Non-teachers pay $10 for shipping and handling costs. To order map, Click HERE
    Categories: Farming, Food, Foods & Nutrition, General Agriculture, Oregon
    Resource Type: Map, Posters, Printed Materials
  • Grown in Oregon Map- Regions and CommoditiesLogin to Hold

    Grown in Oregon Map- Regions and Commodities

    Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom

    These free full color Oregon map documents feature the leading and unique commodities grown in the state’s seven regions. It is an excellent tool to bring the story of Oregon’s agricultural diversity to the classroom.The Grown in Oregon Map- Student Version helps students visualize where things are grown in our state and why. It is a great tool for teaching regions. It can be used to learn about counties, or for starting a discussion on nutrition and the abundance of healthy produce in our state.It is a two- sided document. Order a set for your classroom today. A printable 8.5″ x 11″ version is available as well download here.Please put the number of desired sheets in the quantity section at checkout to ensure the correct number of copies gets to you. These do not need to be returned. 
    Categories: Curriculum, Farming, Oregon
    Resource Type: Printed Materials
  • Hungry Planet- What the World EatsLogin to Hold

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    Hungry Planet- What the World Eats

    Peter Menzel

    The age-old practice of sitting down to a family meal is undergoing unprecedented change as rising world affluence and trade, along with the spread of global food conglomerates, transform eating habits worldwide. HUNGRY PLANET profiles 30 families from around the world--including Bosnia, Chad, Egypt, Greenland, Japan, the United States, and France--and offers detailed descriptions of weekly food purchases; photographs of the families at home, at market, and in their communities; and a portrait of each family surrounded by a week's worth of groceries. Featuring photo-essays on international street food, meat markets, fast food, and cookery, this captivating chronicle offers a riveting look at what the world really eats. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Farming, Food, Foods & Nutrition, General Agriculture, History
    Resource Type: Books
  • Ag Today - Issue 4Login to Hold

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    Ag Today – Issue 4

    National Agriculture in the Classroom

    This six part series is a publication of National Agriculture in the Classroom. Issue four looks at how the global movement of agriculture products continue to be driven by economics, and consumer demand and preferences. Agriculture, food, and natural resource systems continue to play an integral role in the evolution of societies both in the United States and the world. Teacher guide is included.Check out the e-book version and online teacher guide! Please put the number of students in your class in the quantity section at checkout to ensure the correct number of supplies gets to you.Additional publications: Ag Today Issue 1, Ag Today Issue 2, Ag Today Issue 3, Ag Today Issue 5, Ag Today Issue 6This item doe not need to be returned.
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Foods & Nutrition, General Agriculture, History, Science
    Resource Type: Printed Materials
  • Inside Oregon's ForestsLogin to Hold

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    Inside Oregon’s Forests

    Oregon Forest Resource Institute

    This book contains many lesson plans about forestry for high school students, including lessons on ecology and wildlife.
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Forestry
    Resource Type: Instructional Units
  • Life in the Forest: Get to know Oregon's forest wildlifeLogin to Hold

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    Life in the Forest: Get to know Oregon’s forest wildlife

    Oregon Forest Resources Institue

    Life in the Forest is a 24-page, full-color publication designed to assist students in understanding how forests provide habitat for different wildlife species.   It highlights current wildlife research and presents data for students to analyze. It is aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards.
    Categories: Animals, Careers, Conservation & Natural Resources, Forestry, Math, Oregon, Science
    Resource Type: Printed Materials
  • Manual for Judging Oregon SoilsLogin to Hold

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    Manual for Judging Oregon Soils

    Herbert Huddleson, Gerald F. Kling

    Covers soil basics such as soil formation, horizons, properties (including textural classes), profiles, site characteristics and evaluation, and the influences of soil characteristics on management decisions.This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Curriculum, Oregon, Plants, Science, Soils
    Resource Type: Books
  • NW Food WheelLogin to Hold

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    NW Food Wheel

    The Northwest wheel shows foods sourced from Oregon, Washington, and Idaho as well as from coastal waters. Some of the unique local foods available in the region include an abundance of wild and cultivated berries, unique seafood items like geoduck!The wheel is 12 inches in diameter printed on card stock in bright, full color by GreenerPrinter in Berkeley, CA. On the back of the wheel is an alphabetical seasonality reference that provides additional information about each of the foods depicted on the front.
    Categories: Foods & Nutrition, Gardening, General Agriculture, Plants, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Manipulatives
  • Oregon's Seasonal HarvestLogin to Hold

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    Oregon’s Seasonal Harvest

    Oregon Department of Agriculture

    This Oregon's Seasonal Harvest poster with original illustrations celebrates 63 of Oregon's diverse specialty crops!This item does not need to be returned.
    Categories: Farming, Oregon
    Resource Type: Posters
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    Peppermint Oil

    Peppermint oil is provided for making peppermints from the No Cook Peppermints lesson.1-2 drops of oil will make approximately 75 candies.**No need to return the vial.
    Categories: Foods & Nutrition
    Resource Type: Manipulatives
  • SFC's Grow Local School Garden Activity GuideLogin to Hold

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    SFC’s Grow Local School Garden Activity Guide

    Sustainable Food Center

    The Grow Local program's School Garden Activity Guide offers 23 hands-on activities for gardening, food systems, and cooking designed primarily for upper elementary and middle school, with extensions for older grades available. The activities can be used with multiple academic subjects and may take place inside the classroom and outside in the school garden.
    Categories: Curriculum, Food, Foods & Nutrition, Gardening, Math, Science, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • SFC's Grow Local School Garden Start-Up GuideLogin to Hold

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    SFC’s Grow Local School Garden Start-Up Guide

    Sustainable Food Center

    SFC's Grow Local program's School Garden Start-up Guide offers steps for starting and sustaining a successful school garden. A school garden is a valuable tool for hands-on classroom learning for a wide variety of subjects. This guide focuses on getting organized, designing the garden, building and caring for the garden, managing the garden, and sustaining the garden.
    Categories: Gardening, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Source Relay KitLogin to Hold

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    Source Relay Kit

    This fast-moving relay race teaches students that before any product leaves a factory, or enters a store, it began as a resource or product of the natural world – most likely agriculture. Students will work in teams and run a relay race where they have to quickly decide the source of a product and then race to place it into one of the buckets marked Factory, Store, Farm or Earth. Source Relay is a great interest approach activity for older students! Click here for the lesson plan. This kit does not need to be returned.  
    Categories: Food, Foods & Nutrition, General Agriculture
    Resource Type: Kits