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This
United
States
Department
of
Agriculture
site
contains
a
variety
of
activities
from
coloring
pages
to
word
finds
pertaining
to
agricultural
research.
The
Ag-tivities
section
contains
50
ideas
for
agriculture
in
the
classroom.
There
are
other
activities
as
well,
which
accompany
stories
and
other
features
from
the
main
Sci4Kids
site.
Links
are
provided
for
more
information
about
agriculture
in
the
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This
is
the
homepage
of
the
Leopold
Center
for
Sustainable
Agriculture
at
Iowa
State
University.
It
features
links
to
news
articles
and
publications
on
the
center's
activities
and
research,
including
research
and
programs
that
can
make
agriculture
more
profitable
and
keep
small
and
mid-sized
farmers
on
the
land.
There
are
also
articles
on
new
consumer
attitudes
regarding
the
food
they
eat,
an
extensive
...
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FSA for Kids contains coloring sheets, books and calendars; an online adventure game testing agricultural knowledge; information on creating a mobile; an FSA alphabet book; Earthday and FSA bookmarks; farmer word searches, and agricultural trivia.
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Pages from this book include a maze, crossword puzzle, word search, and math exercise in addition to coloring sheets. Each of the activities contain an agricultural theme; many of the coloring pages honor the life and work of Dr. Carver.
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The
Agriculture
Fact
Book
2001-2002
provides
information
on
issues
of
American
agriculture.
Topics
include
food
consumption
in
America,
American
farms
and
rural
America,
offices
and
programs
of
the
U.S.
Department
of
Agriculture
(USDA),
USDA
rural
development,
food,
nutrition,
consumer
services,
and
others.
This
book
is
a
gateway
to
USDA
information,
including
what
people
eat,
how
to
grow
a
garden,
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Sci4Kids
is
a
series
of
stories
about
what
scientists
do
at
the
U.S.
Department
of
Agriculture
(USDA)
Agricultural
Research
Service
(ARS).
The
stories
in
Sci4Kids
are
based
on
some
of
the
articles
in
the
ARS
monthly
Agricultural
Research
magazine
and
other
news
reports.
Sci4Kids
stories
illustrate
how
science
is
not
something
far
away
in
a
laboratory,
but
is
wired
right
into
daily
life.
Ideas
and
...
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This online game provides questions about what resources are used to produce certain products. The resources considered are air, water, fossil fuel, land, animals, plants, and minerals.
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The
focus
of
the
Camp
Silos
site
is
the
development
of
American
agriculture.
Targeting
students
in
grades
4-8,
it
provides
online
educational
material
related
to
the
natural
prairie,
pioneer
farm
life,
early
agricultural
technology,
the
story
of
corn
from
its
early
Indian
origins
to
the
present,
and
21st
century
technological
advances,
including
applications
of
GPS
and
biotechnology.
Student
activities
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This
48
minute
radio
broadcast
is
a
discussion
of
agriculture
and
sustainability
-
how
can
people
worldwide
ensure
that
there
is
plenty
of
food
now,
as
well
as
in
years
to
come?
Will
it
take
changes
in
production
methods?
Diet?
Attitudes?
There
is
discussion
of
how
the
population
of
the
future
will
be
increasingly
urban;
what
the
results
of
the
Green
Revolution
were;
how
providing
meat
is
more
of
...
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The
Washington
State
University
Tree
Fruit
Research
and
Extension
Center
provides
a
calculator
for
estimating
water
use
by
plants
or
pET
(potential
evapotranspiration).
Water
use
varies
widely
from
plant
to
plant,
so
estimates
are
usually
first
derived
for
a
single
situation,
such
as
grass,
and
then
adapted
for
other
plants.
The
calculator
uses
the
Penman
method
to
estimate
daily
pET
in
inches
of
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