Michele Zurakowski
This book discusses the variety of foods people around the world might have for their midday meal. This book needs to be returned.Â
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.
Jennifer Ward
What is more exciting than waiting for an egg to hatch? Creatures of all varieties begin inside an egg, and those eggs also come in all shapes and sizes. From a squiggly tadpole to fuzzy robin, to a leathery platypus, this charming text and unique illustrations show eight different animals as they begin life. With a cut-out on each page readers will have fun guessing… what will hatch? This book needs to be returned.Â
This book explains the many different uses of milk. 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 will need to be returned.
Inez Snyder
In the short book “Milk to Ice Cream” readers follow Mark and his dad as they make homemade ice cream. With pictures for every step you can make your own ice cream! Vocabulary words in this book include: cream, freezer, ice cream, mixture, stirs, and vanilla. This book needs to be returned.Â
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.
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.Â
Heather Miller
Any young reader will be delighted to see farm kids both working and having fun with the farm animals under their care. Large print, colorful pictures and bold key words make these books easy for kids to read and understand. This book needs to be returned.Â
Yum-Yum! is a book about munching, scrunching and slurping – in fact it’s a book about eating.
This book needs to be returned.Â
Heather Miller
Follow Chase as he helps his dad and brother on their dairy farm. Chase has two dairy cows of his own and shows students what he does every day to keep them happy so they give him lots of fresh milk. This book will need to be returned.
