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  • Beef By-Products Source RelayLogin to Hold

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    Beef By-Products Source Relay

    Many students think products simply come from factories or stores. This hands-on activity helps students understand that before an item ever leaves a factory or enters a store, it begins as a resource or product in the natural world. More specifically, these products can all be traced back to one unassuming animal, the cow! In the Beef By-Product Source Relay, students will work in teams and run a relay race where they will quickly decide the source of a product and then race to place it into one of the buckets marked Factory, Farm, Store, Earth, or Cow.
    Categories: Animals, Food, General Agriculture
    Resource Type: Kits
  • Eggs: Supply and DemandLogin to Hold

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    Eggs: Supply and Demand

    In this lesson, students are introduced to the concepts of supply and demand as it pertains to the school kitchen. Students will explore factors affecting egg production and how supply and demand influence the price and availability of eggs. Students will role-play as poultry farmers and egg consumers to analyze real-world scenarios, observe the impact on egg supply, and make suggestions to their school’s kitchen staff.   Supply and Demand in Egg Production (3-5) Egg Supply Game Report Cards
    Categories: Animals, Food
    Resource Type: Kits
  • Desktop GreenhousesLogin to Hold

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    Desktop Greenhouses

    Students investigate the importance of light to plants by creating a desktop greenhouse investigation and exploring the process of photosynthesis. This kit includes materials for six groups of students. For more resources and lesson plan: Desktop Greenhouses
    Categories: Gardening, Plants
    Resource Type: Kits
  • Tracing the Agricultural Supply Chain KitLogin to Hold

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    Tracing the Agricultural Supply Chain Kit

    Explore the complexity of global commodity chains that link the production and consumption of agricultural products. Discover how economics, politics, infrastructure, and other conditions affect the distribution of food throughout the world. This kit contains a class set of materials for 30 students included colored blocks and supply chain descriptions. This kit does not need to be returned. Lesson plan here. 
    Categories: Curriculum, Food
    Resource Type: Kits
  • Bunches of Berries KitLogin to Hold

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    Bunches of Berries Kit

    Students investigate a variety of berries, discover how and where they are grown, and explore their nutritional benefits. This kit includes a class set of materials for 10 student groups with the following contents: Berry Information Booklets, Berry Nutrition Facts and Health Benefits, and Berry Flowchart. This kit does not need to be returned. Limit one per order.
    Categories: Food, Foods & Nutrition
    Resource Type: Kits
  • Fruit and Vegetable Bingo KitLogin to Hold

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    Fruit and Vegetable Bingo Kit

    Students recognize the names of different fruits and vegetables and describe why they are important. Kit includes a class set of fruit and vegetable cards and bingo cards. This kit does not need to be returned. Limit one kit per order.
    Categories: Food, Foods & Nutrition
    Resource Type: Kits
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    Living Necklace Kit

    Grow your own necklace! This kit contains materials for your students to plant a seed in a jewel bag attached to yarn, thus creating a "living necklace." Given time and water, the necklace will be alive with a growing sprout in a few days. An excellent activity for teaching plant growth requirements. Kit includes: yarn, cotton ball, bean seed and plastic bag. Click here for lesson plan. This kit does not need to be returned.  This Kit Includes: Yarn, beans, jewel bags, cotton balls, and a paper lesson plan 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.
    Categories: Gardening, General Agriculture, Literacy Project Books
    Resource Type: Kits
  • The Art of Food: Plant Pigments and TanninsLogin to Hold

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    The Art of Food: Plant Pigments and Tannins

    When we think of farmers in Oregon producing popular crops such as beets, blueberries, hazelnuts, onions, and grapes, we might not first think of art supplies. However, these food crops, along with many other plant materials, often find their way into the art studio! Many paints, drawing tools, and fabric dyes contain pigments and tannins, which come from agricultural commodities, even rock and soil! This lesson allows students to utilize foods and other plant materials to discover exciting, naturally occurring colors growing in their gardens or school yards.

    Download Lesson Plan here: The Art of Food Plant Pigments and Tannins
    Categories: Farming, Food, Foods & Nutrition, Science
    Resource Type: Kits
  • Poetry of Agriculture KitLogin to Hold

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    Poetry of Agriculture Kit

    Students will sharpen their observation, listening and vocabulary skills with this poetry writing exercise that features items with an agriculture connection. The Poetry of Agriculture lesson is included with the kit and can also be viewed here. Take a look at Fresh-Picked Poetry - A Day at the Farmer's Market, an excellent companion book for this activity. This kit does not need to be returned.  This Kit Includes: Agriculture related products, paper bags, and a paper lesson plan 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.
    Categories: Farming, Foods & Nutrition, General Agriculture, Oregon, Plants
    Resource Type: Kits
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    Wool Spinning Kit

    Students will get hooked on wool spinning as they learn about wool and where it comes from. Using carded wool and spinning hooks, students will create friendship bracelets to wear home! For more information on spinning and dyeing wool, please download our Wool Spinning lesson (included with kit). Also, check out Weaving the Rainbow, an excellent companion book for this activity. For further hands-on wool activities download this PDF, Hands-On With Wool. This document includes 5 different wool activities: spinning, Kool-Aid dying, natural dying, weaving the wool, and Ziploc felting. Detailed instructions and a materials list can also be located within this document. Kit generously donated by the Oregon Sheep Commission. 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. This kit does not need to be returned. This Kit Includes: Hooks, wool, and a paper lesson plan
    Categories: Animals, General Agriculture
    Resource Type: Kits
  • Busy Bees KitLogin to Hold

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    Busy Bees Kit

    This kit allows students to "become" bees and pollinate different Oregon crops. Click here for the lesson plan. Please check out the book separately. This kit does not need to be returned. Kit Includes: Images of beehive, blueberry bush, apple tree, and flowers; chalk; cotton swab "bees"; and a paper lesson plan. 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.    
    Categories: Animals, Careers, Farming, Literacy Project Books
    Resource Type: Kits
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    Columbian Exchange Kit

    Students explore New World and Old World food origins to discover how the Columbian Exchange altered people’s lives worldwide. This kit includes materials for six groups of students. Includes map and food product cards including banana, avocado, celery, peas, vanilla, wheat, cattle, black pepper, and more!
    Categories: Food, Science
    Resource Type: Kits
  • Farmers Feed Us All BookmarkLogin to Hold

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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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    Garden in a Glove Kit

    Students will get to watch 5 different types of seeds germinate and sprout in their very own Garden in a Glove! This kit contains gloves, 5 different seeds and cotton balls required for the Garden in a Glove lesson plan. This kit does not need to be returned.  This Kit Includes: Gloves, Cotton Balls, Seeds, and a Paper Lesson Plan 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.
    Categories: Gardening, General Agriculture, Seeds
    Resource Type: Kits
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    Give Me 5 Kit

    Students learn about the five food groups and what Oregon grown foods fit into each group. This lesson makes a local connection to good nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. The lesson goes with the Literacy Project book, Who Grew My Soup? This kit comes with everything that students need. Click here for the lesson. Please check the book out separately. This kit does not need to be returned. This Kit Includes: Craft sticks, paper hands, and a paper lesson plan 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.
    Categories: Foods & Nutrition, Literacy Project Books
    Resource Type: Kits
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    Turf Buddies AKA Dirt Babies Kit

    This fun hands-on activity is a great way for students to learn about germination and watch grass grow. Students fill a nylon full of soil, a sprinkle of grass seed, and watch as their buddy grows "hair".  Click here for the lesson. Soil is not provided with this kit. Turf Buddy Birth Certificate  This kit does not need to be returned.  This Kit Includes: Nylons, grass seed, and a paper lesson plan 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.
    Categories: General Agriculture, Plants, Seeds
    Resource Type: Kits