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  • From Seed to PlantLogin to Hold

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    From Seed to Plant

    Allan Fowler

    This book introduces young readers to pollination and fertilization. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Gardening, Plants, Seeds
    Resource Type: Books
  • 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. 
    Categories: Farming, Seasonal, Seeds
    Resource Type: Books
  • 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. 
    Categories: Food, Foods & Nutrition
    Resource Type: Books
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
    Categories: Foods & Nutrition, Gardening
    Resource Type: Instructional Units
  • 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. 
    Categories: Foods & Nutrition, Insects, Lifecycles
    Resource Type: Books
  • How to Grow a School Garden- A Complete Guide for Parents and TeachersLogin to Hold

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    How to Grow a School Garden- A Complete Guide for Parents and Teachers

    Arden Bucklin-Sporer, Rachel Kathleen Pringle

    How to Grow a School Garden is a complete guide for parents and teachers to answer kids' biggest questions: Where does my food come from? Is nature important to me? This guide is packed with strategies, to do lists, detailed lesson plans, and easy recipes. A must have for parents, teachers, and administrators! This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Curriculum, Food, Foods & Nutrition, Gardening, Plants
    Resource Type: Books, Lessons
  • Junior Master Gardener HandbookLogin to Hold

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    Junior Master Gardener Handbook

    Texas Agriculture Extension Service

    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. A teacher's guide is also available. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Gardening, Plants, Seeds
    Resource Type: Books, Instructional Units
  • 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. 
    Categories: Gardening, Plants, Seeds
    Resource Type: Books, Instructional Units
  • LearnLogin to Hold

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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. 
    Categories: Food, Gardening, Plants
    Resource Type: Books, Instructional Units, Lessons
  • 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. 
    Categories: Gardening
    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
  • 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. 
    Categories: Gardening
    Resource Type: Books
  • Pioneer Farm CookingLogin to Hold

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    Pioneer Farm Cooking

    Mary Gunderon

    Bring interest in history to a rolling boil with this book of simple recipes and history! By making foods from various time periods in U.S. history, readers will learn what those times were like. This book will need to be returned. 
    Categories: Foods & Nutrition, General Agriculture
    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