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\nFood Sustainability Unit\n

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\nLesson Plans for the week long unit about food sustainability. This unit talks about the different aspects of food and how it relates to sustainability. Day one considers the importance of a healthy diet and how malnutrition and over...\n
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\nHistory of Farming\n

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\nThis student produced video is quite good! In three and a half minutes, she takes viewers through a brief history of farming on our planet. She also gets into early dwellings and early tools. Impressive!\n
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\nHow Farming Planted the Seeds for the Internet\n

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\nIs farming the greatest innovation in all of history? Watch as modern technology and advancements are traced back to the invention of farming in the Neolithic Revolution. The video illustrates how agricultural surplus led to division of...\n
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\nAgriculture: Oklahoma's Legacy\n

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\nSixth graders explore agriculture as it relates to crops over the course of a series of historical events. They read and create a timeline of the 50-year increments that depict important cause and effect events. Students then use...\n
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\nThe Business of Agriculture\n

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\nLearners explore the importance of agribusiness in the US economy. They play one game where they sort and discuss the importance of agricultural commodities. They also play the game Pit to better understand how agricultural products are...\n
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\nAgriculture Counts\n

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\nAgricultural survey and the documentation of livestock or goods was the basis for the first written language. Youngsters discuss sorting and counting, and how these skills have been used for thousands of years. They accent their class...\n
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\nAgriculture and the Environment\n

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\nStudents investigate the interdependence of agriculture and the environment. They research areas of interdependence and provide examples of situations where farmers are practicing conservation in the local area. Their findings are...\n
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\nAgricultural and Food Systems\n

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\nA variety of agricultural practices are filmed in this interesting and informative video. A lot of attention is paid to the process of procuring apples in apple orchards. Interesting information about the economic realities of growing...\n
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\nAgriculture Awareness Through Poetry\n

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\nWhether you are viewing a landscape painting of a farm, examining a still-life portrait of a bowl of fruit, or reading a descriptive poem about cultivating food, you can't deny that agriculture plays a major role in visual and language...\n
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\nFarming: It's a Fact\n

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\nWhat does it take to work in agribusiness? Conduct and explorative investigation which describes where our food dollars go, who makes money on what we buy, and jobs related to agriculture. The class plays an interactive game, analyzes a...\n
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\nCould Underwater Farms Help Fight Climate Change?\n

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\nIs there a way to sustainably farm the ocean? Welcome to the world of restorative ocean farming. A short video looks at the advantages and issues associated with aquaculture. \n
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\nCareer Trek: Agricultural Careers\n

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\nWhat is agriscience and could it hold a potential career opportunity? Learners define agriscience and explore careers that involve both agriculture and natural resource fields. The lesson plan includes several web links, a game, a full...\n
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\nThe Agricultural Revolution\n

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\nRather than simply define the agricultural revolution, invite your learners to consider the advantages and disadvantages that agriculture has brought to humanity as a whole. John Green begins this first episode of this series by...\n
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\nAgriculture: Economics and Policy\n

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\nSupport your next lesson on Agriculture, economics, and policy with this presentation. Intended for use with a McGraw-Hill/Irwin textbook on Economics, this presentation notes key points regarding farming and economics in America....\n
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\nOrganic Farming / Agriculture\n

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\nWant an organic farming resource packed with experiments, background information, science fair projects, and topics of interest for further research? Here it is. Young environmental scientists can explore concepts involved in organic...\n
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\nFarming in Ancient Egypt\n

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\nAgriculture has been around for a very long time. Use a PowerPoint like this one to introduce learners to the wonders of ancient Egyptian farming. They'll learn about crops, harvest, the Nile River, and the important seasons.\n
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\nMaking History - Agriculture\n

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\nAn impressively produced video recreates scenes from ancient civilizations portraying how humans first began to cultivate crops. An archaeological dig is also filmed which gives further clues into the techniques used by the early farmers.\n
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\nVertical Farming\n

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\nCreate a vegetation high rise! Scholars study the trend of vertical farming and the requirements needed for a successful crop. The lesson from the ACS Reactions series explores the advantages and disadvantages in relation to traditional...\n
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\nAgriculture Shapes Kentucky History\n

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\nLearners explore the lives of early American Indians and settlers in Kentucky. They describe the agricultural practices of Indians native to Kentucky and develop a supply list for a group of settlers coming to the state to establish...\n
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\nThe Neolithic Agricultural Revolution\n

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\nHalf of crops from traditional farming never get harvested, while 90 percent of crops from vertical farming go into the food supply. As land runs out for farming and the need for crops increases, could vertical farming solve the problem?...\n
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\nToward a Sustainable Agriculture\n

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\nRead about sustainable agriculture and complete related Internet activities. After reading background information about the economics of sustainable agriculture and the problems with the industrial food system, your learners click on...\n
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\nAncient Egyptian Farming Seasons\n

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\nThere were three seasons related to farming according to the ancient Egyptians. Kids learn about the first, second, and third farming season by reading informational text. By the end of the slide show, they'll know about the flood...\n
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\nFarmland: GMOs and Organic Agriculture\n

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\nLearn more about genetic modification, organic farming, and the role of biotechnology in agriculture by watching a documentary that shows how newly gained knowledge can be applied to specific situations involving farmers and the choices...\n
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