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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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| STEM Transitions - Class Projects |
Access more than 60 classroom-ready projects in agriculture, health science, manufacturing, and transportation, related to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Materials focus on building academic- and career-related skills for high school and college-level classes.Click here for more >>> |
| Understanding and Adapting to Climate Change |
Global greenhouse gas emissions
are projected to rise dramatically
in the next 40 years, with increased outputs of carbon dioxide (CO2)
being the main culprit. Learn how the USDA Agricultural Research Service is looking for ways for agricultural systems to adapt to the change.Click here for more >>> |
| Pepper Compound Mighty Against Mold |
 Dried, ground cayenne peppers have been spicing up cuisine and have been used medicinally for thousands of years. But in just the last decade, microbiologists have reported evidence that cayenne pepper contains novel
antifungal plant compounds within the saponin chemical family.Click here for more >>> |
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With the help of the National Science Foundation (NSF), researchers are working to unlock the solar energy that's stored in cellulose. Cellulose happens to be the most common organic compound on Earth.| Robot Farmers |
 In the recent Will Smith movie "I, Robot," fleets of intelligent robots have taken over a wide range of responsibilities in human society. While a world like that is far off, pieces of it are already emerging. For example, scientists are now designing fleets of small, inexpensive robots that may revolutionize farming.Click here for more >>> |
| Using Technology to Save Water |
 With climate change expected to raise temperatures worldwide and make rainfall patterns harder to predict, pressure is mounting on farmers—who use up to 60 percent of the world's fresh water—to cut back on water use. Nowhere is the U.S. water supply a more severe problem than in the Southwest, where droughts are common, reservoirs are closely monitored, and population growth is increasing demand.Click here for more >>> |
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| Food Safety: From Farm to Fork |
 This unit provides middle school students with a better understanding of food safety through real-life examples and enjoyable activities. They learn that everyone has a responsibility in minimizing foodborne illnesses—farmers, transporters, restaurants, grocery stores...and the consumer! Click here for more >>> |
| 1880s Agricultural Nation: Foods and Families on the Move | |
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In this classroom activity from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students will use visual, analytical, and interpretive skills to examine primary sources and answer questions about them to learn more about how crops were harvested, transported and sold in 1880s America. | America on the Move? |
 Travel across America and explore the ways that improved American transportation networks helped create new links within the country. See how the nation's growing numbers of steamships, roads, canals, and railroads moved travelers and agricultural and manufactured goods between farms, towns, and cities.Click here for more >>> |
AgroWorldŽ is a bimonthly e-zine developed by Utah State University Agriculture in the Classroom through a cooperative agreement with USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, Extension Service Agriculture in the Classroom Program, and Higher Education Programs. To subscribe to AgroWorld® click here,.