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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 Nation |
 The National Science Foundation (NSF) has created a series of video programs called Science Nation, which examines breakthroughs and the possibilities for new discoveries about our planet, our universe and ourselves. The video series is being created for NSF by former senior science producers at CNN. Each program features a two-minute and five-minute version. Check out the archive to see all featured videos.Click here for more >>> |
| Future Scientists, Need Corn Earworms? |
With a little knowledge and imagination, there are many aspects of the corn earworm that can be used to study biology. The larvae are eating machines because all the nutrition for development has to be ingested by them. Feeding is their most important function for growth, but feeding is a pretty complex activity if you consider all its aspects from behavioral, physiological, and nutritional standpoints. Order a free classroom set of corn earworms for your class. (Available twice a year.)Click here for more >>> |
| Making Homes to Please Wild Bees |
 While teams of researchers are investigating the disappearance of millions of honey bees that would otherwise have helped pollinate billions of dollars worth of U.S. specialty crops, others are working on ways to attract and support so-called wild bees. Nobody really knows how much pollinating work these unmanaged bees do as they go about their often-solitary lives, but estimates are that it's considerable—and could be more.Click here for more >>> |
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Few sounds are more nerve-wracking than the scraping of metal on metal. It's the job of lubricants to prevent that annoying noise by making sure that—when metal touches metal—everything moves smoothly and quietly.
| Biotechnology Resources |
Biotechnology is a rapidly growing field that uses research tools from biology and chemistry to find solutions to current scientific problems. Some biotechnology professionals look for the genetic basis of disease or factors that affect lifespan. Others focus on solving food shortages, the climate crisis, or criminal investigations.Click here for more >>> |
| Corn the Latest Glue Ingredient? |
A surplus of corn germ could be looming on the horizon. That's if America's biorefineries can increase corn-ethanol production from the current 9 billion gallons (2008) to 15 billion gallons by 2015. But prescient researchers aren't waiting. Chemists are researching corn germ as a protein extender for plywood glues, potentially opening a new, value-added market for the byproduct.Click here for more >>> |
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| WatchKnow |
 The directory features more than 10,000 short videos organized across 2,000 categories and subcategories in a wide variety of subjects including math, science, computers and technology, and history. The website has been deemed safe for use by students ages 3 to 18 and uses a wiki-style format allowing users to link to and categorize videos. A search function allows teachers to filter the search by age-appropriateness.Click here for more >>> |
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EarthTrends is a comprehensive online database, maintained by the World Resources Institute, that focuses on the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world. | Access to Affordable, Nutritious Food is Limited in "Food Deserts" |
 Some neighborhoods in the U.S., particularly low-income ones, have been dubbed "food deserts" because residents do not live near supermarkets or other food retailers that carry affordable and nutritious food. Low-income residents of these neighborhoods and those who lack transportation rely more on smaller neighborhood stores that may not carry healthy foods or offer them only at higher prices. Click here for more >>> |
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