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  • From Seed to Pumpkin (Let's Read and Find Out Science 1)Login to Hold

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    From Seed to Pumpkin (Let’s Read and Find Out Science 1)

    Wendy Pfeffer

    In the fall, pumpkins are everywhere: in the garden, in the supermarkets, and on doorsteps. But many students do not know how they grow from a tiny yellow seed to a pumpkin? This book brings readers into the pumpkin patch to show them how little seeds transform into big pumpkins. This book needs to be returned. 
  • Wool Fiber in the MakingLogin to Hold

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    Wool Fiber in the Making

    Pendleton Mills

    A great hands-on kit that describes in detail the eight steps in woolen manufacturing. Your students can touch raw wool, view the pictures of the process and read about each step of the process.
  • From Wheat to BreadLogin to Hold

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    From Wheat to Bread

    Kristin Thomas Keller

    From Wheat to Bread provides an introduction to the basic concepts of food production, distribution, and consumption by tracing the production of bread from wheat. This book needs to be returned. 
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • Health and Nutrition from the GardenLogin to Hold

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    Health and Nutrition from the Garden

    This book teaches the concepts of basic gardening, growing techniques, thrifty gardens, food safety, ABC's of healthful eating and healthful snacks.
  • Honey Bees: Letters from the HiveLogin to Hold

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    Honey Bees: Letters from the Hive

    Stephen Buchmann

    In "Honey Bees: Letters From the Hive," bee expert Stephen Buchmann takes readers on an incredible tour. Enter a beehive--one part nursery, one part honey factory, one part queen bee sanctum--then fly through backyard gardens, open fields, and deserts where wildflowers bloom. This book needs to be returned. 
  • It's All in an EggLogin to Hold

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    It’s All in an Egg

    American Egg Board

    This full color poster depicts different vitamins and minerals that are found inside of eggs.
  • Junior Master Gardener Teacher/Leader GuideLogin to Hold

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    Junior Master Gardener Teacher/Leader Guide

    Texas Agriculture Extension Service

    Students will make plantable greeting cards… use peanut butter, chocolate chips, and cereal to learn about soil aggregates… find out how plants clean water… create your own ethnic vegetable garden…. and more. Students can become a certified Junior Master Gardener by completing all eight subject units in Level 1. The teacher/leader guide is designed to accompany and correspond to the Junior Master Gardener Handbook. The Junior Master Gardener curriculum has eight instructional chapters, each with teaching concepts or categories that have corresponding activities. The teacher guide also contains a wide variety of group activities. This book needs to be returned. 
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    Learn, Grow, Eat & Go!- Teacher’s Guide

    Texas A&M Agrilife Extension

    In an academically-rich and integrated way, this curriculum project will guide you and your students to a better understanding of plants and garden science. Learn, Grow, Eat & GO!  can motivate your students to gain a better understanding of foods and physical activities that cultivate their minds and strengthen their bodies. It will also help guide your schools to have successful experiences creating & caring for rich garden environments that will provide a successful harvest with this season’s nutrient-dense vegetables! This book needs to be returned. 
  • Lily's GardenLogin to Hold

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    Lily’s Garden

    Deborah Kogan Ray

    In January, Lily receives a box of fresh oranges from her grandmother in California. In February, Lily sends her grandmother maple syrup from the trees on her family farm in Maine. And so the year goes on through the pages of this warmly illustrated picture book. This book needs to be returned. 
  • 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. 
  • Mighty Mini Microbe's TaleLogin to Hold

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    Mighty Mini Microbe’s Tale

    USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service

    In this learn-as-you-color, 24-page, science based adventure tail, young soil explorers will discover how Mighty Mini Microbe and her band of soil superheroes (with a little help from soil health farmers and friends) take care of plants, people, and planet Earth. This resource does not need to be returned.
  • 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. 
  • Oh Say Can You SeedLogin to Hold

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    Oh Say Can You Seed?

    Bonnie Worth

    I'm the Cat in the Hat, and I think that you need to come take a look at this thing called a seed. This non-fiction book introduces beginning readers to seeds and plant life cycles. The companion book to the Living Necklace lesson plan and the Living Necklace Kit. Please check the kit out separately. This book needs to be returned. 
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    Oregon Forests Map

    Oregon Forest Resources Institute

    Oregon's forests are among the most diverse in the world. The colorful 24-inch by 36-inch poster includes a map showing the statewide locations where the most common conifer and hardwood tree species are found, plus descriptions of ecological and climatic conditions in which they thrive.