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  • OAITC grain millLogin to Hold

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    Grain Mill

    From grain to flour in your hands! Help students explore where bread, pastries, noodles, tortillas, and other grain-based foods begin by grinding grains right in your classroom. This hands-on grain mill connects agriculture to everyday food while encouraging curiosity about the process of growing, harvesting, and preparing grain. Students will see, touch, and process grains as they turn the hand-cranked grain mill to transform grain into a food-prep ready state.Includes instructions and all 7 parts (please check to ensure you have included all parts when returning mill). Clamps easily to desk or table.Recommended grains for grinding:
    • Wheat varieties: Hard and soft wheat, spelt, einkorn, kamut, and emmer.
    • Common grains: Rye, barley, brown and white rice, and oat groats.
    • Pseudograins & millets: Quinoa, buckwheat, millet, amaranth, and teff.
    • Legumes & corn: Dried corn, lentils, chickpeas, and black beans.
    NOT recommended due to oils or structure which may damage mill or result in difficult to clean messes:
    • Oily seeds: Flax seeds, chia seeds, and sesame seeds.
    • Nuts and coffee: Peanuts, almonds, coffee beans, and spices.
    • Wet or sticky items: High-moisture or fresh-picked field corn.
    How to use video: Grain Mill - VKP1012 - YouTubeIf you like this product and would like to purchase a grain mill kit for your classroom, we recommend checking out National Agriculture in the Classroom: Grain Mill - AgClassroomStore at USU3-week checkout. This item must be returned to the Washington County OAITC office.  
  • Garden to Table bookLogin to Hold

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    Garden to Table

    Julie Knutson

    Follow farmer Tim Redmond of Skinny Farm of Scio as he takes produce from farm to table and discover all the ways small scale farmers contribute to what we eat--and how we live! Aligned to curriculum standards, these books also highlight key 21st Century content: Global Awareness, Financial Literacy, Health and Wellness, Civics Literacy, and Environmental Stewardship. Thought-provoking questions and hands-on activities encourage the development of critical life skills and social emotional growth. This book must be returned.
  • Great in Grass - The Coloring Book Story of a Greener WorldLogin to Hold

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    Great in Grass – The Coloring Book Story of a Greener World

    Barenbrug

    This coloring book explores how Barenbrug grass seed makes the world a greener place one seed at a time. Barenbrug USA is an Oregon based grass seed research company.
  • Beef By-Products Source RelayLogin to Hold

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    Beef By-Products Source Relay

    Many students think products simply come from factories or stores. This hands-on activity helps students understand that before an item ever leaves a factory or enters a store, it begins as a resource or product in the natural world. More specifically, these products can all be traced back to one unassuming animal, the cow! In the Beef By-Product Source Relay, students will work in teams and run a relay race where they will quickly decide the source of a product and then race to place it into one of the buckets marked Factory, Farm, Store, Earth, or Cow.
  • Outdoor Farm, Indoor FarmLogin to Hold

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    Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm

    Lindsay H. Metcalf

    Discover how both outdoor and indoor farms sustainably grow the food we eat throughout the year in this vibrant, rhyming picture book.Outdoor farm, tractors toil.Indoor farm, zero soil.With energetic, enchanting verse and sunshiny, colorful illustrations, discover how the food you eat is grown both outside—and inside! Join two children as they explore the inner workings of an outdoor farm and an indoor farm. You’ll see how a variety of amazing machinery like tractors and drones along with innovative farming techniques yield the wonderful food we all love to enjoy.This book must be returned.
  • Science in Your Shopping CartLogin to Hold

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    Science in Your Shopping Cart

    Science in Your Shopping Cart shows us just how much science is behind the everyday items we use, eat, and wear. In the United States, we pay less for food than almost any other country. Every year, researchers introduce dozens of new and improved varieties of fruits, vegetables, and other products. But as we walk through the grocery store, do we ever stop to think about where this incredible abundance and variety comes from? This book helps us understand the science that makes it all possible.
  • AgBadging Field GuideLogin to Hold

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    AgBadging Field Guide

    The AgBadging Field Guide leads students through an in-depth exploration of agriculture. Students have the opportunity to obtain five badges while learning about the food, fiber and resources that support our daily lives.This resource is intended for homeschool only. 
  • Oregon Christmas Trees PosterLogin to Hold

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    Oregon Christmas Trees Poster

    This 1-sided 18x24" poster features information on Oregon Christmas trees, highlighting top varieties and the life cycle.
  • Living Necklace KitLogin to Hold

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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 planPlease put the number of students in your class in the quantity section at checkout to ensure the correct number of supplies gets to you.
  • Farm web kitLogin to Hold

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    My Farm Web Kit

    Students use the visual representation of a web to explore the role of agriculture in their daily lives and understand how most of the necessities of life can be traced back to the farm. This kit includes: six student kits with cards and string. This kit does not need to be returned. 
  • Oregon Caneberries PosterLogin to Hold

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    Oregon Caneberries Poster

    This 1-sided 18x24" poster features Oregon caneberries.
  • Acres of Adventures – 1Login to Hold

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    Acres of Adventures – 1

    National 4-H Curriculum

    This is a two book series for educators desiring to enrich the scientific learning environment by tying lessons into week long celebrations of Agriculture. It is created by the National 4-H Curriculum for cultivating excitement for science and agriculture in school and in afterschool programs.
  • Achoo! Why Pollen CountsLogin to Hold

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    Achoo! Why Pollen Counts

    Shennen Bersani

    Spring has arrived and pollen is in the air. Baby Bear does not like the pollen-it sticks to his fur and makes him itchy and sneezy. He’s allergic! Achoo! He just wishes the pollen were gone. When his friends gather to tell him why they need pollen, Baby Bear learns that pollen is good for the forest and provides food for many animals, including him! Pollen might be something we all love to hate, but can we really live without it? This story explains why we need it. This title is also available in Spanish.
  • Achiss! La Importancia de PolenLogin to Hold

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    Achiss! La Importancia de Polen

    Shennen Bersani

    La primavera ha llegado y el polen se siente en el aire. Al bebé Oso no le gusta el polen - se le pega en su pelaje y lo hace tener comezón y estornudar. ¡Él es alérgico! ¡Achís! Desearía que el polen no existiera. Cuando sus amigos se reúnen para decirle por qué nececitan el polen, el bebé Oso aprende que el polen es bueno para el bosque y que provee alimento para muchos animales, ¡que lo incluyen a él! El polen puede ser algo que todos odiemos pero, ¿realmente podemos sobrevivir sin él? Esta historia explica por qué lo necesitamos.
  • Poetry of Agriculture KitLogin to Hold

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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 planPlease put the number of students in your class in the quantity section at checkout to ensure the correct number of supplies gets to you.
  • Aquaponics KitLogin to Hold

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    Aquaponics Kit

    Raise fish and grow salad greens in your classroom! This kit guides students through an investigation of what plants and animals need in order to survive, nutrient cycling, and how organisms interact in an ecosystem. This kit includes clear tubs, an overflow drain kit, submersible fountain pump, flexible tubing, clay pellets, a glow light, a timer, a water test kit, ammonium chloride, a thermometer, seeds, fish food, a fish net, an aquarium cave, and a construction and maintenance guide. Fish and water must be provided by the educator. Explore the companion lesson here.This item is loaned out on a yearly basis, and must be returned in June at the end of the academic year. This item is too large to be mailed and must be picked up from the Washington County office in Hillsboro.