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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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In
this
lesson,
students
will
identify
manmade
structures
and
the
time
periods
in
which
they
were
created,
learn
how
human
endeavors
affect
the
landscape,
identify
different
types
of
plants
that
now
grow
wild
as
a
result
of
colonial
farming
activity,
and
simulate
colonial
life
by
recreating
foods
that
would
have
been
produced
at
that
time.
First,
they
will
go
outside,
examine
the
landscape,
and
imagine
...
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Obesity
is
on
the
rise
in
the
United
States,
due
primarily
to
the
size
and
composition
of
the
American
diet.
Discussion
topics
include
lack
of
exercise,
changes
in
calorie
intake
over
time,
and
environmental
impacts
of
these
increases
in
consumption.
Each
student
will
particpate
in
an
activity
in
which
they
investigate
how
their
own
diets
affect
the
agricultural
demands
of
a
hypothetical
country.
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This
article
describes
an
interdisciplinary
undergraduate
course
in
the
science
and
policy
of
sustainable
agriculture
that
was
developed
for
students
majoring
in
political
science.
As
the
theme
of
the
course
was
both
the
science
and
politics
of
sustainable
agriculture,
the
authors
selected
and
developed
materials
that
featured
both
natural
and
social
science
domains.
The
major
barriers
to
learning
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Fourth
and
fifth
grade
students
can
participate
in
these
lessons
and
classroom
activities
concerning
plants
and
plant
science.
Each
lesson
in
this
program
is
interdisciplinary,
and
is
designed
to
introduce
students
to
plant
science
and
increase
their
understanding
of
how
food
grows.
Students
will
identify
the
different
parts
of
plants,
what
is
needed
for
plants
to
grow,
and
learn
about
plant
life
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Teachers
can
access
a
variety
of
lesson
plans
and
activities
on
plants.
The
lessons
in
this
program
are
interdisciplinary,
and
are
designed
to
introduce
students
to
plant
science.
Each
lesson
plan
features
introductory
and
background
information,
instructions,
additional
materials
for
deeper
study,
and
resources
lists.
A
glossary
and
links
to
other
related
sites
are
also
included.
A
Spanish
translation
...
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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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