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  • Ag Today - Issue 5Login to Hold

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    Ag Today – Issue 5

    National Agriculture in the Classroom

    This six part series is a publication of National Agriculture in the Classroom. Issue five explores how understanding the science, engineering, technology, and mathematics of agriculture, food, and natural resources is crucial for the future of all humanity. Teacher guide is included. Check out the e-book version and online teacher guide! 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. Additional publications: Ag Today Issue 1, Ag Today Issue 2, Ag Today Issue 3, Ag Today Issue 4, Ag Today Issue 6 This item does not need to be returned.
  • Growing Patterns - Fibonacci NumbersLogin to Hold

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    Growing Patterns – Fibonacci Numbers

    Sarah Campbell

    What's the biggest mathematical mystery in nature? Fibonacci numbers! The pattern creeps up in the most unexpected places. It's clear that math holds secrets to nature and that nature holds secret numbers. This book will need to be returned.
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    World Farming

    Martin Bramwell

    An innovative, in-depth look at important topics in physical geography. Full color diagrams, illustrations and photographs. Provide a global view of each subject, along with hands-on activities for real science experience. This book needs to be returned. 
  • Growing Vegetable soupLogin to Hold

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    Growing Vegetable soup

    Lois Ehlert

    "Dad says we are going to grow vegetable soup." So begins Lois Ehlert's bright, bold picture book about vegetable gardening for the very young. The necessary tolls are pictured and labeled, as are the seeds (green bean, pea, corn, zucchini squash, and carrot). Then the real gardening happens...planting, weeding, harvesting, washing, shopping and cooking! In the end? "It was the best soup ever." Ehlert's simple, colorful cut-paper style illustrations are child-friendly, as is the big black type. A recipe for vegetable soup tops it all off! This book needs to be returned. 
  • Grown In Oregon Map PosterLogin to Hold

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    Grown In Oregon Map Poster

    This beautiful 36 X 24 inch full color Oregon map features 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 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. Maps are free to Oregon teachers. This item does not need to be returned. Non-teachers pay $10 for shipping and handling costs. To order map, Click HERE
  • 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. 
  • What's Bugging You?Login to Hold

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    What’s Bugging You?

    What's Bugging You — Grades 6-8 (Instructional Unit) This activity guide invites youth to explore the fascinating world of insects and learn valuable life skills through hands-on activities.
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    Heart of a Shepherd

    Rosanne Parry

    When Brother's dad is shipped off to Iraq, along with the rest of his reserve unit, Brother must help his grandparents keep the ranch going. He’s determined to maintain it just as his father left it, in the hope that doing so will ensure his father’s safe return. The hardships Brother faces will not only change the ranch, but also reveal his true calling. This book needs to be returned. 
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    Hey, Hey, Hay

    Christy Mihaly

    Every bale of hay has a little bit of summer sun stored in the heart of it— learn from a mother-daughter team how hay is made! Feeding her horses one cold and wintry day, a girl thinks about all the hard work that went into the fresh-smelling bales she's using. The rhyming text and brilliant full-page paintings follow the girl and her mother through the summer as they cut, spread, dry and bale in the fields. This book needs to be returned.    This book could also be paired with the lesson plan for "A Hundred Bales of Hay".
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    Honey in a Hive

    Anne Rockwell

    Buzzing from flower to flower, honeybees are busy gathering nectar and pollen. The nectar will be made into honey, and the pollen will feed their queen bee and her offspring back in the hive. Like people, bees form societies with leaders -- the queen -- and workers, and like people, their survival depends on every bee doing its part. Read and find out about bees, honey, and life in the hive. This book needs to be returned. 
  • Potatoes - What's for LunchLogin to Hold

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    Honey – What’s for Lunch

    This book explains the many different uses of honey. 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. 
  • Horses Horses Horses - Rookie Read SeriesLogin to Hold

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    Horses Horses Horses – Rookie Read Series

    Allan Fowler

    This book is part of the Rookie Read Series. This focuses on horses. These are easy to read, perfect for beginning readers to learn about animals. This book needs to be returned. 
  • How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?Login to Hold

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    How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?

    Margaret NeNara

    Here is an adorable picture book for curious kids, which explores skip counting and estimation in a fun pumpkin-themed classroom experiment. "How many seeds are in a pumpkin?" Mr. Tiffin asks his class as they gather around the big, medium, and small pumpkins on his desk. Robert, the biggest kid, guesses that the largest one has a million seeds; Elinor, sounding like she knows what she's talking about, guesses the medium one has 500 seeds; and Anna, who likes even numbers better than odd ones, guesses that the…This is a great read which pairs with our Pumpkin Math Lessons. This book will need to be returned.
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    How a Plant Grows

    Bobbie Kalman

    How A Plant Grows introduces children to the amazing lives of plants-- from their beginnings, through their growth, to reproduction and death. This book needs to be returned. 
  • How Living Things Grow: From Egg to ChickenLogin to Hold

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    From Egg to Chicken: How Living Things Grow

    Anita Ganeri

    This life cycle book uses a strong narrative in order to tell the story of an egg to a chicken. A question box feature throughout the book encourages readers to interact with the text and prompt them to think about what they are learning in order to predict what might happen next. A great book to study lifecycles. This book will need to be returned.
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    How to Build a Hug

    Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville

    As a young girl, Temple Grandin loved folding paper kites, making obstacle courses, and building lean-tos. But she really didn’t like hugs. Temple wanted to be held—but to her, hugs felt like being stuffed inside the scratchiest sock in the world; like a tidal wave of dentist drills, sandpaper, and awful cologne, coming at her all at once. Would she ever get to enjoy the comfort of a hug? Then one day, Temple had an idea. If she couldn’t receive a hug, she would make one…she would build a hug machine! This book needs to be returned.Â