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  • 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
  • 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
  • Worms Eat MyGarbageLogin to Hold

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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Rediscover Oregon's ForestsLogin to Hold

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    Rediscover Oregon’s Forests

    Oregon Forest Resource Institute

    This instructional unit has everything students need to learn about forests in Oregon. Included is a DVD, a fungi guide, sustainability and the global environment, a forest fact book, and fire in Oregon's forest. A great resource for teaching a natural resources or forestry lesson.
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Forestry
    Resource Type: Instructional Units
  • 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
  • Trout Rubber Fish ReplicasLogin to Hold

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    Trout Rubber Fish Replicas

    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).
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Oregon
    Resource Type: Manipulatives
  • U.S. Grains Council- Building Global Markets for Americas GrainsLogin to Hold

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    U.S. Grains Council- Building Global Markets for Americas Grains

    U.S. Grains Council

    A visual kit that gives fun facts about grain, a map to show where grain is grown in the United States, and has grain variety samples included and labeled. Your students can view pictures, look at real samples, and learn more about the grain industry as a whole.
    Categories: Farming, Food, General Agriculture
    Resource Type: Manipulatives
  • A Guide to Priority Plant and Animal Species In Oregon ForestsLogin to Hold

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    A Guide to Priority Plant and Animal Species In Oregon Forests

    Oregon Forest Resources Institute

    This revised and updated publication is designed to assist forest landowners, land managers, students, and educators in understanding how forests provide habitat for different wildlife and plant species. It describes the specific habitat requirements of selected species found in forested habitats across all ecoregions in Oregon. It provides teachers and students a way to learn more about wildlife species and the forest habitats they use and helps landowners and land managers determine what species to include in their management plans.
    Categories: Animals, Forestry, Plants
    Resource Type: Booklets
  • All Types of Minds BookmarksLogin to Hold

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    All Types of Minds Bookmarks

    Receive a class set of 25 bookmarks.This kit does not need to be returned.
    Categories: General Agriculture
    Resource Type: Printed Materials
  • Entomology: Group Helper's GuideLogin to Hold

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    Entomology: Group Helper’s Guide

    An activity book for helping students learn about entomology!
    Categories: Gardening, General Agriculture
    Resource Type: Instructional Units