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  • 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.
    Categories: Farming, Food, General Agriculture, Literacy Project Books, Plants, Science, Soils, Technology, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Under Your FeetLogin to Hold

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    Under Your Feet

    Wenjia Tang

    Under Your Feet delves beneath the Earth's surface and explores the diverse wonders hidden there. Encounter creatures of the deep and marvel at the mind-boggling size of the humongous fungus - the biggest organism in the world. Learn how one handful of ordinary soil contains more organisms than there are people on Earth, and carry out experiments using dirt from your own back garden. Under Your Feet offers you the opportunity to expand your knowledge of the natural world and soil-dwelling creatures big and small. Bursting with colorful illustrations and photography, this is the perfect book for budding young plant experts, animal fanatics, and geologists, and anyone who is curious about the ground we walk on.
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Gardening, Insects, Science, Soils, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • 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. 
    Categories: Animals, Farming, Food, Foods & Nutrition, Gardening, General Agriculture, Insects, Lifecycles, Plants, Science, Seeds
    Resource Type: Booklets, Printed Materials
  • SeedLogin to Hold

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    Seed, Soil, Sun

    Cris Peterson

    Seed. Soil. Sun. With these simple ingredients, nature creates our food. This beautifully written book by Cris Peterson, brings both wonder and clarity to the subject of agriculture, celebrating the cycle of growth, harvest, and renewal. The photography that conveys this story is a perfect fit for this story. The companion book to the Seed, Soil, Sun lesson plan and the Seed, Soil, Sun Kit. Please check the kit out separately.
    Categories: Gardening, Literacy Project Books, Plants, Science, Seeds, Soils, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • A Pill Bug's LifeLogin to Hold

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    A Pill Bug’s Life

    John Himmelman

    Have you ever wondered how some of nature's smallest creatures spend their days? Here's your chance to take a scientifically accurate peek at the world from their point of view. The striking illustrations and lively story-line in this book follow a pill bug as it hunts for food, faces its enemies, and interacts with humans. This book pairs well with lessons on forest ecology, compost, and soil health.
    Categories: Insects, Lifecycles, Science, Soils, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • A Place to GrowLogin to Hold

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    A Place to Grow

    Stephanie Bloom

    No matter where it lands or how desperately it hopes, the tiny seed can't find a place to grow. Will the tiny seed ever find a home, or will it keep searching and floating forever? With playful charm and touching insight, A Place to Grow joyfully affirms that there is a special place, plan and purpose for each of us. This book is a part of the JMG Learn, Eat, & Go Curriculum.
    Categories: Science, Seeds, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Apple FractionsLogin to Hold

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    Apple Fractions

    Jerry Pallotta

    Author Jerry Pallotta use a variety of different apples to teach kids all about fractions in this innovative and enjoyable book. This book will need to be returned.
    Categories: Foods & Nutrition, Science
    Resource Type: Books
  • Bread LabLogin to Hold

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    Bread Lab

    Kim Binczewski & Bethany Econopouly

    It’s a sleepy Saturday morning for most people, but not for Iris, who has to feed her many pets before Aunt Mary arrives. Iris likes to call Aunt Mary “Plant Mary” because she is a plant scientist.Today Aunt Mary wants to experiment with making whole wheat sourdough bread from scratch! As the family kitchen transforms into a bread lab, Iris is surprised that bread needs only four ingredients―flour, water, salt and starter. She also learns about the invisible microbes that make the dough rise, and how flour comes from wheat grown by farmers. It all seems magical, but it’s really science. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Food, Foods & Nutrition, Science
    Resource Type: Books
  • ChoiceLogin to Hold

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    Choice, Control, and Change

    Pamela A. Koch

    Middle school students learn science through studying diet and activity choices. They learn about how the human body works, and how food and activity play a role in its well-being. Students engage in hands-on investigations of food preference, our food environment, energy intake and expenditure, lifestyle-related diseases, and more. Finally, they explore and analyze their personal food choices through scientific reasoning and apply what they have learned to personal decisions related to their diet, physical activity, and overall health.
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Foods & Nutrition, Math, Science, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Compost StewLogin to Hold

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    Compost Stew

    Mary McKenna Siddals

    Kids everywhere can help the environment! Not only is composting becoming more common in households and residential gardens, but many school gardens feature compost piles, too. But how do you start a compost pile? What’s safe to include? Perfect for an Earth Day focus or year-round reference, this inviting book provides all the answers for kids and families looking for simple, child-friendly ways to help the planet.
    Categories: Animals, Conservation & Natural Resources, Gardening, Science, Soils, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • PlaceholderLogin to Hold

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    Columbian Exchange Kit

    Students explore New World and Old World food origins to discover how the Columbian Exchange altered people’s lives worldwide. This kit includes materials for six groups of students.
    Categories: Food, Science
    Resource Type: Kits
  • Wangari Maathai: The Woman who Planted Millions of TreesLogin to Hold

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    Wangari Maathai: The Woman who Planted Millions of Trees

    Franck Prevot

    Wangari Maathai received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her efforts to lead women in a nonviolent struggle to bring peace and democracy to Africa through its reforestation. Her organization planted over thirty million trees in thirty years. This beautiful picture book tells the story of an amazing woman and an inspiring idea.
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, History, Science, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Ellie's Log - Exploring the Forest Where the Great Tree FellLogin to Hold

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    Ellie’s Log – Exploring the Forest Where the Great Tree Fell

    Judith L. Li

    After a huge tree crashes to the ground during a winter storm, ten-year-old Ellie and her new friend, Ricky, explore the forest where Ellie lives. Together, they learn how trees provide habitat for plants and animals high in the forest canopy, down among mossy old logs, and deep in the pools of a stream. The plants, insects, birds, and mammals they discover come to life in colored pen-and-ink drawings.This book needs to be returned. Full Teacher's Guide for Ellie's Log- Exploring the Forest Where the Great Tree Fell:  http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/sites/default/files/B&W_Teacher's%20Guide.5.2013a.pdfFor more information and resources go to: http://ellieslog.org
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Forestry, Science
    Resource Type: Books
  • Farm Anatomy Activities for Kids: FunLogin to Hold

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    Farm Anatomy Activities for Kids: Fun, Hands-On Learning

    Dawn Alexander

    No matter where you live, you can learn all about the amazing things that happen on farms. Farm Anatomy Activities for Kids combines the joy of hands-on experiments and activities with easy-to-understand lessons that teach you all about farm life.This farm anatomy activity book helps you think more like a farmer and understand how nature, crops, and animals shape the way we live. You’ll learn about all the different parts of a farm, the plants and animals you might find there, and how farms create the food you eat and the material for the clothes you wear. This book will need to be returned. Farm Anatomy Activities for Kids includes:
    • Educational lessons―Learn about the various parts of a farm, how they raise plants and animals, and the ways farms connect to your daily life no matter where you live.
    • Ways to play―Try out cool experiments like growing crops without soil or making a mason bee house.
    • Journal prompts―Reflect on what you’ve learned about farm anatomy with the thoughtful writing prompts paired with each activity.
    Take kids on an educational journey down to the farm without ever leaving home.
    Categories: Curriculum, General Agriculture, Plants, Science
    Resource Type: Books
  • Farm to Table and BeyondLogin to Hold

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    Farm to Table and Beyond

    Pamela A. Koch

    This book covers our growing global food system. Students engage in hands-on investigations of the cycling of matter in nature and the human impact on this cycle, explore and analyze their personal nutrition choices through scientific reasoning, and apply their learning through discussions and debates.
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Foods & Nutrition, Math, Science, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • From Egg to HoneybeeLogin to Hold

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    From Egg to Honeybee

    Lisa Owings

    How do honeybees grow? Follow each step in the life cycle--from tiny eggs in the hive to busy bees making honey--in this interesting book!
    Categories: Animals, Science, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books