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.
Learn about apples in every way possible. After reading this book your students will know how apples grow, where they grow, and the history behind apples. This book needs to be returned.
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 returnedDownload LessonDownload Activity
This book is based on the true story of Henderson Luelling, who in 1837 brought his family of ten, plus 700 of his best fruit trees and berry bushes, over the Oregon Trail to the Portland area. His was the first nursery in the state. The companion book to the Growing Bracelets lesson plan and the Growing Bracelets Kit. Please check the kit out separately. This book needs to be returned.
This book gives you a taste of how farmers manage apple orchards. From soil-type to grafting new trees to harvesting the apples, you'll see apples up-close and personal. This book needs to be returned.
This book explains the many different uses of bananas. Students learn what nutrients they get from this food, and why it is important to eat a balanced diet. Part of the What’s for Lunch series. This book needs to be returned.
Learn about bananas in every way possible. After reading this book your students will know how bananas grow, where they grow, and the history behind bananas. This book will need to be returned.
It's another noisy morning on the farm, and all of the animals are where they should be-- except Goose. And where is Goose? Young children will enjoy clucking, mucking, mewing, and cooing while they search for Goose on every gorgeously illustrated spread. This book needs to be returned.
Beekeeper Pat is an insect guy. He started out as a bike guy until he traded a bike for a bee colony of bees, and he's been a bee guy ever since. Text and photographs of Beekeeper Pat and his amazing dancing bees tell the story of the important work bees do. This book needs to be returned.
When the sunshine pours like warm honey from the sky, it's time to tend Grandpa's bees. This day his granddaughter lends a hand, and she is treated to a spectacular show. The swarming bees whirl and twirl like a big buzzing cloud until they finally cluster on the limb of a tree. Then it's up to granddaughter to bring the bees down and move them into their new hive, which she does with great care. Grandpa is proud. His granddaughter proves to be "a fine keeper of bees." This book needs to be returned.
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.
Before we eat, many people must work very hard―planting grain, catching fish, tending animals, and filling crates. In this book, readers find out what must happen before food can get to our table to nourish our bodies and spirits. The companion for this book is the Agricultural Networking Kit. Please check the kit out separately. This book will need to be returned.
Featured as the 2016 Literacy Project book.
Watch step by step as berries are turned into jelly! With clear photos you could make your own jelly. Vocabulary words in this book include: berries, boil, jelly, lids, stirred, strained, sugar, and sweet. This book will need to be returned.
This book describes and illustrates how blueberries grow on bushes. The images support early readers in understanding the text. The book also introduces early readers to subject specific vocabulary words, which are defined in the glossary section. This book needs to be returned.
Kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk go the blueberries into the pail of a little girl named Sal who--try as she might--just can't seem to pick as fast as she eats. Robert McCloskey's classic is a magical tale of the irrepressible curiosity--not to mention appetite--of youth. Sal and her mother set off in search of blueberries for the winter at the same time as a mother bear and her cub. A quiet comedy of errors ensues when the young ones wander off and absentmindedly trail the wrong mothers. This book will need to be returned.
HOMESCHOOL ONLY: Students explore the use of beeswax, a by-product in honey production, by developing a useful beeswax product. Kit materials include beeswax pellets, shea butter, coconut oil and lip balm tubes, lip balm tray and a pipette. This kit does not need to be returned.