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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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SCIENCE
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| Algae-Based Fuels Set to Bloom |
Relatively high oil prices, advances in technology, and the Bush administration's
increased emphasis on renewable fuels are attracting new interest
in a potentially rich source of biofuels: algae.Click here for more >>> |
| A Better Biofuel | |
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Stroll the streets of San Francisco and
you're likely to overhear someone talking about biofuels. It's the
latest technology wave to hit the Bay Area, and scientists and investors
are swarming toward any startup claiming a better way to make ethanol
or biodiesels. Click here for more >>> |
| Most Bees Live Alone |
Solitary bees have attracted new attention as concern rises that populations
of honeybees, and perhaps other pollinators, may be declining. Solitary
bees may offer alternatives to honeybees as pollinators for crops.
And research is starting to reveal their importance in the wild.Click here for more >>> |
| TECHNOLOGY
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A great example of changing times...our basic need and desire
for food has made the supermarket one of the technology success
stories of modern retailing. Making customers' visits as efficient
and profitable for the store as possible has led to many technological
advancements. | Shift Happens |
 This
online slide show highlights changes in population, economics, cultures,
and technology, and how these changes will challenge and affect education
and student preparation in the future.Click here for more >>> |
| Integrated Pest Management: Not for Dummies |
 You
got bugs in your lawn, flowers, or fruit? You might not always need
to spray a pesticide. This interactive quirky program introduces "Integrated
Pest Management" or IPM and explores what everyone should know
about managing pests with chemicals.Click here for more >>> |
| SOCIETY
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| What Price America? |
 This
sound recording dramatizes land settlement under the 1862 Homestead
Act, conflicts between homesteaders and cattlemen, conflicts of both
with sheepmen, lawlessness regarding use of the public range, the
dust bowl and soil conservation in general.Click here for more >>> |
| Mission Geography - Where will your next meal come from? Inquires about food, people and environment | |
These lesson plans focus on spatial skills, issues of human-environment
interaction, and the sustainability of water resources and agricultural
practices. Students will also develop graphing skills as they work
through the activities. The second module compares agricultural practices
and complements AP Human Geography courses.Click here for more >>> |
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| Food & Agriculture Organization - Hunger Map |
 Explore
world hunger over the last several decades with this animated "World
Hunger Map." The site also includes links to food security statistics.Click here to for more >>> |
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