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  • 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. 
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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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    How Living Things Grow: From Egg to Chicken

    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. 
  • How a Seed GrowsLogin to Hold

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    How a Seed Grows

    Helene J. Jordan

    How does a tiny acorn grow into an enormous oak tree? With beautiful and accurate watercolor illustrations this book traces the process of how a little seed grows into the plants and trees that surround us. This book supports the Common Core Learning Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. This book needs to be returned. 
  • How Did That Get in my Lunchbox? The Story of FoodLogin to Hold

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    How Did That Get in my Lunchbox? The Story of Food

    Chris Butterworth

    One of the best parts of a young child’s day is opening a lunchbox and diving in. But how did that delicious food get there? From planting wheat to mixing dough, climbing trees to machine-squeezing fruit, picking cocoa pods to stirring a vat of melted bliss, here is a clear, engaging look at the steps involved in producing some common foods. Health tips and a peek at basic food groups complete the menu. This book will need 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. 
  • Hungry Planet- What the World EatsLogin to Hold

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    Hungry Planet- What the World Eats

    Peter Menzel

    The age-old practice of sitting down to a family meal is undergoing unprecedented change as rising world affluence and trade, along with the spread of global food conglomerates, transform eating habits worldwide. HUNGRY PLANET profiles 30 families from around the world--including Bosnia, Chad, Egypt, Greenland, Japan, the United States, and France--and offers detailed descriptions of weekly food purchases; photographs of the families at home, at market, and in their communities; and a portrait of each family surrounded by a week's worth of groceries. Featuring photo-essays on international street food, meat markets, fast food, and cookery, this captivating chronicle offers a riveting look at what the world really eats. This book needs to be returned. 
  • If It Weren't for Farmers - Rookie Read SeriesLogin to Hold

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    If It Weren’t for Farmers – Rookie Read Series

    Allan Fowler

    This book is part of the Rookie Read Series. This focuses on farmers. These are easy to read, perfect for beginning readers to learn about agriculture. This book will need to be returned.