Forestry examines all aspects of the industry, from the planting of new seedlings to the inner workings of a sawmill and a pulp and paper mill. This engaging picture book uses a combination of fact and fiction to introduce young children to the people, machines and environmental concerns involved in one of America's most important resource-based industries. This book will need to be returned.
Grab the wagon, it's a bright autumn day and the trees are full of ripe, red apples! There's an apple festival underway at the farm and lots of work to do making cider. This visit finishes with a cider doughnut and a cup of freshly pressed cider. DELICIOUS! Told in crisp, action-driven rhymes from a young child's point of view, From Apple Trees to Cider, Please! is a realistic account of how apple cider is pressed, flavored with the charm and vigor of a harvest celebration.
Children are fascinated by watching plants grow, and in this colorful picture book even very young children can follow along with a family as they plant, tend, and harvest a vegetable garden. Follow along as the sun shines brightly, summer rain falls, and vegetables ripen! This book needs to be returned.
With a mind for ingenuity, Henry Ford looked to improve life for others. After the Great Depression struck, Ford especially wanted to support ailing farmers. For two years, Ford and his team researched ways to use farmers' crops in his Ford Motor Company. They discovered that the soybean was the perfect answer. Soon, Ford's cars contained many soybean plastic parts, and Ford incorporated soybeans into every part of his life. He ate soybeans, he wore clothes made of soybean fabric, and he wanted to drive soybeans, too. Award-winning author Peggy Thomas and illustrator Edwin Fotheringham explore this American icon's little-known quest. This book needs to be returned.
Students will get to watch 5 different types of seeds germinate and sprout in their very own Garden in a Glove! This kit contains gloves, 5 different seeds and cotton balls required for the Garden in a Glove lesson plan.This kit does not need to be returned. This Kit Includes:Gloves, Cotton Balls, Seeds, 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.
Fill your plate with fresh, self-sustained produce that comes straight from the garden at your home or school. Do you know when to plant, beans, corn, or vegetables...this book will tell you!! This book needs to be returned.
Set of ten soft white wheat heads showcasing Oregon grown wheat. This item does not need to be returned, so feel free to dig in and really discover it. Pairs well with wheat grinders and other grain resources.
In this lively picture book that Booklist, children discover a world of colors all around them: red is spices and swirling skirts, yellow is masa, tortillas, and sweet corn cake. Many of the featured objects are Latino in origin, and all are universal in appeal. With rich, boisterous illustrations, fun-to-read rhyming text, and an informative glossary, this playful concept book will reinforce the colors found in every child's day!
In this inquiry-based curriculum, elementary and middle school students learn science through the study of our fascinating food production system. Children will explore the cycles in nature, flow of energy, and food systems, while engaging in hands-on investigations of photosynthesis, food webs, agriculture, and more.
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.
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
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.
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".
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 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.
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