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    The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

    William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer

    When fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought, everyone's crops began to fail. Without enough money for food, let alone school, William spent his days in the library . . . and figured out how to bring electricity to his village. Persevering against the odds, William built a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps, and thus became the local hero who harnessed the wind. Lyrically told and gloriously illustrated, this story will inspire many as it shows how - even in the worst of times - a great idea and a lot of hard work can still rock the world. This book needs to be returned.
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    A Guide to Oregon’s Forest Wildlife

    Oregon Forest Resources Institute

    Why so the different animals in Oregon's forests choose to live where they do? This booklet describes some of the wildlife associated with stands of different age classes.
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    Maxine and the Greatest Garden Ever!

    Ruth Spiro

    Maxine and her friend Leo are makers. Maxine's style is functional. Leo's style is artistic. Together, They're determined to make one spectacular garden, including a pond for Maxine's fabulous goldfish Milton! But their garden attracts all sorts of visitors, with rabbits and squirrels and raccoons feasting on their veggies. Now Maxine and Leo must work together to try (and try and try again) to find a way to save their garden.   Perfect for STEM and maker spaces, this book is sure to inspire creative thinkers and tinkerers everywhere!   This book needs to be returned.
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    Where Does Food Come From?

    Shelley Rotner, Gary Goss

    The supermarket is the place where you buy your food, but have you ever wondered where you favorite foods really come from? A lot of food comes from plants or from animals. but it might surprise you to know that some of the food you eat comes from bees or from seawater. Where does you favorite food come from? Find out in the fun, colorful, easy to read book! This book needs to be returned. 
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    Monocots and Dicots

    Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom

    In this lesson students set up a side-by-side germination experiment of monocot and dicot seeds. They will observe differences and similarities of these two types of flowering plants at the germination level, specifically the number of cotyledons. Students can record their findings daily. This is a great way to begin a flowering plant unit. This kit does not need to be returned. This Kit Includes: Grass seed, wheat seeds, bean seeds, zip lock 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.
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    Agricultura…nos da más que sólo comida

    This book gives great lessons on agriculture in both English and Spanish. This book needs to be returned. 
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    All Around the Farm: John Deere

    Heather Alexander

    Packed with images and information, a brand-new tour of farm machines, farm animals, and farm life will transport children right to the field and the barn as they expand their vocabulary and understanding of where their food comes from. This book needs to be returned. 
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    All in Just One Cookie

    Susan E. Goodman

    When Grandma gets a phone call announcing that visitors are on their way, she immediately bustles around her homey kitchen to gather up the ingredients for chocolate-chip cookies. While she begins to bake, her pets set out on an informational quest to research the world of ingredients that she adds to her mixing bowl. In a comprehensive culinary tour around the globe, the curious cat and food-obsessed dog discover a variety of interesting, scientific facts about the manufacturing of the different components of the recipe, which is included on the last page of the book. For example, it takes 21 pounds of milk to make a pound of butter and cocoa beans are cream-colored, not brown, and taste bitter, not sweet at all. Each spread is devoted to a single element of the recipe identified at the top of the page in large, colored print. A step-by-step description of the baking process, from Grandma's washing her hands to the cookies' cooling on the counter, is juxtaposed with the findings of the animals' research and their humorous but corny commentary. This book needs to be returned. 
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    Amazing Grazing

    Visit three ranches in Montana as you read and learn about proper care of the land and its resources to raise healthy, productive cattle. This book needs to be returned. 
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    Where Should Development Go? Portland Metro Area

    Students learn about the challenges of planning for development while still protecting important farmland, forestland and wildlife habitat. This two-part lesson allows students to brainstorm creative solutions using critical thinking, math, teamwork and problem solving skills. This lesson includes six topography maps, a lesson and corresponding activity that has has colored blocks to complete it with. This item does not need to be returned Download Lesson Download Activity
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    Apple Fractions

    Jerry Pallotta

    Author Jerry Pallotta use a variety of different apples to teach kids all about fractions in this innovative and enjoyable book. This book will need to be returned.
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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. 
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    Beef Cattle – an A to Z book

    Susan Anderson

    Learn about the life cycle of beef cattle from A-to-Z through the voice of a tractor named Agri-Culture. Everything your students want to know about beef cattle is in this book. This book needs to be returned. 
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    Beef Cattle in the Story of Agriculture

    Susan Anderson

    Learn the story about beef cattle in agriculture from production to consumerism. This book will need to be returned.
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    Bees – A True Book

    Elaine Landau

    All of the basics about bees can be found in this book. Students will learn about anatomy, beekeeping, what bees make for us, and so much more. Easy to read, with lots of pictures, this book will have students buzzing about bees! This book will need to be returned.
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    Blackberry Banquet

    Terry Pierce

    Mmm-mm! Forest animals squeak, tweet, slurp, yip and chomp over the sweet, plump fruit of a wild blackberry bush. But what happens when a bear arrives to take part in the feast? Young children will enjoy following the story by making the animal sounds, and the chaos that strikes upon the bear's arrival will surely bring on the laughter. The cumulative, rhyming text makes for a great read-aloud. The "For Creative Minds" educational section includes: Blackberry fun facts, How we eat blackberries (with smoothie recipe), Plants are the bottom of the food chain, Plants and animals, How do animals help plants?, and Are plants always good? This book needs to be returned.