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Welcome to AgroWorld! This bimonthly E-zine has been developed for the secondary educator and their students. Each issue features current events, classroom resources, activities, and grant opportunities that enhance standards based on science, applied technology, and social studies curricula. News you can use in your classroom today! For more information or to check out your state's resources, visit us on the web at www.agclassroom.org |
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| Turkey Droppings Used as a Charcoal Filter |
Learn about how agricultural scientists have taken ordinary poultry
manure, and then converted it into granules and powders that can mop
up pollutants in water.Click here for more >>> |
| Germinator: An Idea for Old Jewel Cases | |
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Gathering and charting data on root and shoot growth
is fun with these quick and easy seed germinators! |
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| Mini-Movies on Microorganisms |
Molecular Expressions Movie Gallery contains animated videos of selected
time-lapse digital image sequences that explore all things "small."
There are some excellent video segments that explore "Pond Life."
These movies can be viewed from the Internet or downloaded.Click here for more >>> |
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You've seen other atlases. They're typically big books of paper
maps. The pages in this atlas are here on the Internet whenever
you need them. This is a new portrayal of America in maps. We
use new technologies, but we honor traditions of accuracy, reliability,
and innovation. You've found the single best Federal source
for national maps and geographic information on the Web. The
people and places of the United States are here.| Transportation Fuels Debate Game |
 In
the "Transportation Fuels Debate Game" student teams learn
about transportation fuels, renewable and nonrenewable, and then are
assigned to represent the different fuels and argue each one's merit
in a debate. This is a complete instructional unit.Click here for more >>> |
| What is Biomass Energy? |
 We
have used biomass energy or bioenergy— the energy from organic
matter— for thousands of years, ever since people started burning
wood to cook food or to keep warm. And today, wood is still our largest
biomass energy resource. But many other sources of biomass can now
be used, including plants, residues from agriculture or forestry,
and the organic component of municipal and industrial wastes. Click here for more >>> |
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| Weather and Agriculture |
 This
online lesson plan from National Geographic Xpeditions, helps students
to discover the relationship between climate and agriculture. Through
role-play and simulation, students purchase farms in specific parts
of the United States and investigate that region's weather and climate
in order to maximize the chances that their farms will succeed. |
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| Key Ingredients - 500 Years of American Food | |
 Travel
through 500 years and from coast to coast as you explore how Americans
grow, prepare, and serve foods. Through this activity, you will discover
how American cuisine is a product of both our regional uniqueness
and international diversity.Click here for more >>> |
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| Dust Bowl Days - A Great Lesson Plan |
 The
ballads of Woody Guthrie, the novels of John Steinbeck and the WPA
photographs of artists such as Dorothea Lange have embedded images
of the Dust Bowl in the American consciousness. Introduce this dramatic
era in our nation's history to today's students through photographs,
songs and interviews with people who lived through the Dust Bowl.
Help your students understand the problems Americans were facing during
the Great Depression.Click here for more >>> |
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