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  • 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!
  • 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.
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • 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.