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  • Living Necklace KitLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 27 (of 1000)

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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
  • SeedLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 5 (of 12)

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    Seed, Soil, Sun

    Cris Peterson

    Seed. Soil. Sun. With these simple ingredients, nature creates our food. This beautifully written book by Cris Peterson, brings both wonder and clarity to the subject of agriculture, celebrating the cycle of growth, harvest, and renewal. The photography that conveys this story is a perfect fit for this story. The companion book to the Seed, Soil, Sun lesson plan and the Seed, Soil, Sun Kit. Please check the kit out separately.
    Categories: Gardening, Literacy Project Books, Plants, Science, Seeds, Soils, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • 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
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    Total Available: 1 (of 1)

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    Honeybee The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera

    Candace Fleming,Eric Rohmann

    A tiny honeybee emerges through the wax cap of her cell. Driven to protect and take care of her hive, she cleans the nursery and feeds the larvae and the queen. But is she strong enough to fly? Not yet! Apis builds wax comb to store honey, and transfers pollen from other bees into the storage. She defends the hive from invaders. And finally, she begins her new life as an adventurer. The confining walls of the hive fall away as Apis takes to the air, finally free, in a brilliant double-gatefold illustration where the clear blue sky is full of promise-- and the wings of dozens of honeybees, heading out in search of nectar to bring back to the hive. Eric Rohmann's exquisitely detailed illustrations bring the great outdoors into your hands in this poetically written tribute to the hardworking honeybee. Award-winning author Candace Fleming describes the life cycle of the honeybee in accessible, beautiful language. Similar in form and concept to the Sibert and Orbis Pictus award book Giant Squid, Honeybee also features a stunning gatefold and an essay on the plight of honeybees. This book needs to be returned.
    Categories: Insects
    Resource Type: Books
  • 101 Common MossesLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 3 (of 5)

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    101 Common Mosses, Liverworts & Lichens of the Olympic Peninsula

    Martin Hutten, Karen Hutten, Andrea Woodward

    This fun field guide will help students learn about the many different types of mosses, liverworts and lichens! The descriptions are very user friendly and include up-close pictures of each different plant form with details on their purpose and where they can be found. This item will need to be returned.
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Forestry, Plants
    Resource Type: Booklets
  • Oregon Caneberries PosterLogin to Hold

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    Oregon Caneberries Poster

    This 1-sided 18x24" poster features Oregon caneberries.
    Categories: General Agriculture, Oregon
    Resource Type: Posters
  • A Pocketful of GoobersLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 1 (of 3)

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    A Pocketful of Goobers

    Barbara Mitchell

    This book relates the scientific efforts of George Washington Carver, especially his production of more than 300 uses for the peanut. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Farming, Foods & Nutrition
    Resource Type: Books
  • A Weed is a FlowerLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 1 (of 2)

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    A Weed is a Flower

    ALIKI

    George Washington Carver often said that a weed is a flower growing in the wrong place. He might have said this about himself. As the child of slaves, he grew up eager to learn, but was unable to find a school in his neighborhood that would accept black students. It was twenty years before he had enough money saved to go to college, but eventually George Washington Carver became a professor at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. There he was able to teach poor farmers the value of plants such as the sweet potato and the peanut - crops that were almost unknown at the time, but for which he invented hundreds of uses. Written and illustrated with affection for "a wonderful man who devoted his whole life to making life better for others," Aliki's biography tells the remarkable story of a great figure in African American history who is now recognized as the most prominent Black scientist of the early twentieth century. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Careers, Farming, History, Science
    Resource Type: Books
  • Monocots and DicotsLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 4 (of 1000)

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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.
    Categories: Plants, Science
    Resource Type: Kits
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    Total Available: 20 (of 1000)

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    Grow a Bean in a Bag Kit

    Grow a bean in a bag using water beads! Each water bead is colored and represents the needs of plant for growth and development. This kit does not need to be returned.  This Kit Includes: Water beads, jewelry bags, beans, 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: Curriculum, Farming, Gardening, Plants, Seeds
    Resource Type: Kits
  • Agricultural DronesLogin to Hold

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    Agricultural Drones

    Simon Rose

    Farm fields can span hundreds of acres. With so much area to cover, checking crops and livestock can be difficult. But with an agricultural drone, this job becomes much simpler. Young readers will discover how drones help farmers maximize efficiencies and bring abundant harvests. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Careers, Farming, Food, Science, Technology
    Resource Type: Books
  • Poetry of Agriculture KitLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 23 (of 1000)

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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
  • Wool Spinning KitLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 24 (of 1000)

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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
  • An Earthworm's LifeLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 1 (of 4)

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    An Earthworm’s Life

    John Himmelman

    Have you ever wondered how many nature's smallest creatures spend their days? Here's your chance to take a scientifically accurate peek at the world from their point of view. This book will need to be returned.
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Gardening
    Resource Type: Books
  • Animal FibersLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 9 (of 9)

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    Animal Fibers

    Jo Massam-Windsor

    Students learn about where different types of animal fibers come from, how they are collected and what they are used for. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Animals
    Resource Type: Books
  • All Types of Minds BookmarksLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 3 (of 100)

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    All Types of Minds Bookmarks

    Receive a class set of 25 bookmarks. This kit does not need to be returned.
    Categories: General Agriculture
    Resource Type: Printed Materials