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  • Right This Very MinuteLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 23 (of 4)

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    Right This Very Minute

    Lisl H. Detlefsen

    What's that you say? You're hungry? Right this very minute? Then you need a farmer. You have the stories of so many right here on your table! Award winners Lisl H. Detlefsen and Renee Kurilla's delicious celebration of food and farming is sure to inspire readers of all ages to learn more about where their food comes from - right this very minute! This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Careers, Farming, Food, Foods & Nutrition, General Agriculture
    Resource Type: Books
  • Source Relay KitLogin to Hold

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    Source Relay Kit

    This fast-moving relay race teaches students that before any product leaves a factory, or enters a store, it began as a resource or product of the natural world – most likely agriculture. Students will work in teams and run a relay race where they have to quickly decide the source of a product and then race to place it into one of the buckets marked Factory, Store, Farm or Earth. Source Relay is a great interest approach activity for older students! Click here for the lesson plan. This kit does not need to be returned.  
    Categories: Food, Foods & Nutrition, General Agriculture
    Resource Type: Kits
  • The BeemanLogin to Hold

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    The Beeman

    Laurie Krebs, Valerie Cis

    Told from the viewpoint of a child whose Grandpa is a beekeeper, this rhyming text offers an accessible and engaging introduction to the behavior of bees, including: where they live, how honey is made, and what a beekeeper does. The companion book to the Busy Bees lesson plan and the Busy Bees Kit. Please check the kit out separately.This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Food, Foods & Nutrition, General Agriculture, Insects, Lifecycles, Literacy Project Books
    Resource Type: Books
  • The Boy Who Harnessed The WindLogin to Hold

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    The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

    William Kamkwamba

    When fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought, everyone's crops began to fail. Without enough money for food, let alone school, William spent his days in the library . . . and figured out how to bring electricity to his village. Persevering against the odds, William built a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps, and thus became the local hero who harnessed the wind.
    Categories: General Agriculture, Technology, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden StirredLogin to Hold

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    The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred

    Samantha R. Vamos

    This is the story of how the farm maiden and all the farm animals worked together to make the rice pudding that they serve at the fiesta. With the familiarity of "The House That Jack Built," this story bubbles and builds just like the ingredients of the arroz con leche that everyone enjoys. Cleverly incorporating Spanish words, adding a new one in place of the English word from the previous page, this book makes learning the language easy and fun.
    Categories: Animals, Foods & Nutrition, General Agriculture, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Turf Buddies AKA Dirt Babies KitLogin to Hold

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    Turf Buddies AKA Dirt Babies Kit

    This fun hands-on activity is a great way for students to learn about germination and watch grass grow. Students fill a nylon full of soil, a sprinkle of grass seed, and watch as their buddy grows "hair".  Click here for the lesson. Soil is not provided with this kit.Turf Buddy Birth Certificate This kit does not need to be returned. This Kit Includes:Nylons, grass seed, 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.
    Categories: General Agriculture, Plants, Seeds
    Resource Type: Kits
  • The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple GrandinLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 10 (of 10)

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    The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin

    Julia Finley Mosca

    When young Temple was diagnosed with autism, no one expected her to talk, let alone become one of the most powerful voices in modern science. Yet, the determined visual thinker did just that. Her unique mind allowed her to connect with animals in a special way, helping her invent groundbreaking improvements for farms around the globe! This book will need to be returned.
    Categories: Animals, General Agriculture
    Resource Type: Books
  • The Man Who Fed the WorldLogin to Hold

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    The Man Who Fed the World

    Leon Hesser

    Dr. Norman Borlaug, one of the world's greatest heroes, is the most highly-decorated individual of our time. He is credited with saving over a billion people from starvation. Dr. Borlaug is only one of seven people in history to win all three of the following awards: the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. In addition, Dr. Borlaug received the Padma Vibhushan, the highest civilian award the government of India can present to a non-citizen. The Man Who Fed the World has won three national book of the year awards: USA Booknews best Biography of the Year. The American Farm Bureau for Agriculture Best Book of the Year award, and Florida Publishers Association Best Book Award. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Careers, Conservation & Natural Resources, Farming, Food, Foods & Nutrition, General Agriculture, History, Technology
    Resource Type: Books
  • Til the Cows Come HomeLogin to Hold

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    Til the Cows Come Home

    Jodi Icenoggle

    The author lassos a traditional Jewish folktale, “The Button Story”, sets it in the American West, and rigs it up with tongue-tingling cowboy language to create an engaging story. A young cowboy, gifted in making saddles and bridles, receives a sturdy, soft-as-silk piece of leather from a grateful cowpuncher and stitches it into a pair of “whoopi-ti-yi-yo chaps.” Follow the leather through the young cowboy’s life. The companion book to the Ag Tag Matching Game lesson plan and the Ag Tag Matching Game Kit. Please check the kit out separately.
    Categories: Animals, Conservation & Natural Resources, General Agriculture, Literacy Project Books, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Tops and BottomsLogin to Hold

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    Tops and Bottoms

    Janet Stevens

    Once a upon a time, there was a lazy Bear and a clever Hare. Bear had lots of money and lots of land but all he wanted to do was sleep. Hare had nothing but hungry children, so he came up with a plan to convince Bear to split his land down the middle—tops and bottoms. Hare can work all day and Bear can sleep. It’s the perfect solution! Or is it?Tops & Bottoms celebrates the trickster tradition of using one’s wits to overcome hardship. “As usual, Stevens’ animal characters, bold and colorful, are delightful. . . . It’s all wonderful fun, and the book opens, fittingly, from top to bottom instead of from side to side, making it perfect for story-time sharing."IsabellaD

    A student's depiction of Tops and Bottoms!

    This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Animals, Farming, Foods & Nutrition, Gardening, General Agriculture
    Resource Type: Books
  • Growing Bracelets KitLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 56 (of 1000)

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    Growing Bracelets Kit

    In this kit, students learn what a plant need to grow and thrive, represented by a growing bracelet; each different colored bead is what a plant needs to live, and pipe-cleaner is the plant. Click here for the downloadable lesson plan.  This kit includes one pipe-cleaner and six different colored beads per student.This kit does not need to be returned. This Kit Includes:Pipe cleaners, beads, 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.
    Categories: General Agriculture, Literacy Project Books, Plants
    Resource Type: Kits
  • Great gardens seed bank and photos of booksLogin to Hold

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    Seed Bank: Great Gardens

    This Washington County exclusive seed bank curriculum kit gives K-8th* grade classes the opportunity to get to know common garden variety plants through stories, lessons, and hands-on learning. This curriculum kit includes a seed bank with 24 types of common garden variety seeds (such as kale, peas, tomatoes, etc.), 1 children's book about seeds, 1 kit, a class set of 18 loupes, and link to 1 seed-related lessons from National Agriculture in the Classroom or OAITC. This seed bank is created in partnership with the Banks Seed Library.*See product gallery for breakdown of kit contents by grades.Once you have placed your order at check out, the Washington County Programs Coordinator will be in contact with you to confirm your grade and best delivery method.This kit is available for 4 weeks, and all items contained must be returned.
    Categories: Curriculum, Farming, Food, Gardening, General Agriculture, Plants, Science, Seeds, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Seed Bank
  • 1Login to Hold

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    1,001 things to Spot on the Farm

    Gillian Doherty

    Invites young readers to find various quantities of such things as farm animals and tools which are labeled in the illustrations of rural scenes, including a sheep farm, an orchard, a rice paddy, and bee hives. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Animals, Farming, General Agriculture
    Resource Type: Books
  • 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.
    Categories: Farming, General Agriculture
    Resource Type: Instructional Units
  • Agricultura...nos da más que sólo comidaLogin to Hold

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    Agricultura…nos da más que sólo comida

    This book gives great lessons on agriculture in both English and Spanish.This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: General Agriculture
    Resource Type: Books, Spanish
  • All Around the Farm: John DeereLogin to Hold

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    All Around the Farm: John Deere

    Heather Alexander

    Packed with images and information, a brand-new tour of farm machines, farm animals, and farm life will transport children right to the field and the barn as they expand their vocabulary and understanding of where their food comes from. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: General Agriculture, Technology
    Resource Type: Books