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Connecting Kids to Nature: Invasive Species
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Moving plant and animal species to new environments can be beneficial, but can often cause environmental and economic harm.
The next time you are outdoors, introduce the term invasive species to children and discuss its meaning by asking:
• How would this area look different if a family of elephants lived here?
• What impact would the elephants have on the plants and animals nearby?
• Where do elephants live in the wild? Why don’t elephants live here?

Subject:
Environmental Science
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
American Forest Foundation
Provider Set:
Project Learning Tree
Date Added:
10/22/2019
Corn, Soybeans, and You
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Students will compare and contrast corn and soybean plants, the growth and development, and how each are used for different purposes and make different products that all of us use daily. Students will also learn and identify the parts of a monocot and dicot and measure growth.

Subject:
Agriculture Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson
Provider:
Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation
Author:
Jennifer Hardee
Date Added:
10/11/2018
Cosmology and Astronomy: Development of Agriculture and Writing
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This 13-minute video looks at the development of agriculture and writing in the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras of the Stone Age. [Cosmology and Astronomy playlist: Lesson 67 of 85]

Subject:
Physical Science
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Khan Academy
Provider Set:
Khan Academy
Author:
Khan, Salman
Date Added:
02/20/2011
Cosmology and Astronomy: Energy Inputs for Tilling a Hectare of Land
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This 14-minute video lesson considers energy consumption required for tilling land. [Cosmology and Astronomy playlist: Lesson 84 of 85]

Subject:
History
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Khan Academy
Provider Set:
Khan Academy
Author:
Khan, Salman
Date Added:
02/20/2011
Cosmology and Astronomy: Land Productivity Limiting Human Population
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This 13-minute video lesson ponders how we get calories from the land and the limits of human population density. [Cosmology and Astronomy playlist: Lesson 83 of 85]

Subject:
History
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Khan Academy
Provider Set:
Khan Academy
Author:
Khan, Salman
Date Added:
02/20/2011
Create Your Own Herd
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Students will be able to understand how heredity affects agricultural decisions regarding wanted traits in animals, and will understand that DNA contains genes which carry traits from generation to generation.

Subject:
Agriculture Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson
Provider:
Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation
Author:
Chrissy Dittmer
James Sleep
Date Added:
10/11/2018
A Daily Dose of Sun Keeps the Pests Away: How Soil Solarization Works
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Students learn how the process of soil solarization is used to pasteurize agricultural fields before planting crops. Soil solarization is a pest control technique in agriculture that uses the sun’s radiation to heat the soil and eliminate unwanted pests that could harm the crops. The approach is compared to other pest control methods such as fumigation and herbicide application, highlighting the respective benefits and drawbacks. In preparation for the associated hands-on activity on soil biosolarization, students learn how changing the variables involved in the solarizing process (such as the tarp material, soil water content and addition of organic matter) impacts the technique’s effectiveness. A PowerPoint® presentation and pre/post-quiz is provided.

Subject:
Biology
Physical Science
Science
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
TeachEngineering
Author:
Kelley Hestmark
Date Added:
05/07/2018
Dairy Tour 360
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Milk, leche, lait. No matter what you call it, real milk offers tons of nutrition and is sustainably produced—and we've got the receipts. Come behind the scenes on a tour of a virtual dairy farm. There are 5 sections to work through, when you complete the section, your milk jug fills up!!!

Subject:
Agriculture Studies
Agriculture, Food Sustainability & Security
Career & Work Exploration
Dairy Production
Health & Fitness
Health Education
Health Science
Math
Practical & Applied Arts
Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Reading
Author:
DairyMAX
Date Added:
05/03/2024
Day in the Life of a John Deere Precision Agriculture Specialist- Weston Martensen
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Ever wonder what it's like to be a John Deere Precision Agriculture Specialist? Hear from Weston Martensen about his journey from going through the John Deere Tech Program, becoming a technician, to now being a precision ag specialist at Platte Valley Equipment.

Subject:
Agriculture Production
Agriculture Studies
Material Type:
Open Access Asset
Author:
Platte Valley Equipment
Date Added:
12/22/2023
A Day in the Life of an Agricultural Technician
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"This video clearly shows what an average day is like for an agricultural technician apprentice. An agricultural technician is almost like a mechanic for agricultural equipment. They deal with everything from tractors to combine harvesters and potato planters."

Subject:
Agriculture Studies
Mechanical & Automotive
Practical & Applied Arts
Material Type:
Primary Source
Author:
East Durham College
Date Added:
09/04/2019
Depression on the farm: mental health in the agriculture sector
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A study from the University of Guelph in 2016 found farmers are among the most vulnerable groups when it comes to mental health, reporting higher levels of stress, depression, emotional exhaustion, and burnout than the general population. The same study found that 40 percent of agricultural producers would feel uneasy getting professional help due to the stigma that exists around the issue.

Subject:
Agriculture Production
Agriculture Studies
Material Type:
Open Access Asset
Author:
Calgary Herald
Date Added:
04/12/2024
Developing a Marketing Plan for Your Crops.
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There are many ways a producer may choose to market their crops. As such developing a crop marketing plan is an important part of managing a farm's total business risk. Understanding the steps and options available can assist producers in determining the type of crops grown, marketing tools available, when to establish price targets, and how to determine profitability

Subject:
Agriculture Production
Agriculture Studies
Material Type:
Open Access Asset
Author:
Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation
Date Added:
04/15/2024