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Identify methods that prevent food-borne illnesses and contamination. National Standard 14.4.1 Identify food-borne illness Identify types of food-borne illness and their symptoms: botulism, e-coli, hepatitis, salmonella, staphylococci Explain pre Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students examine factors affecting water quality. They test water in a local body of water to determine its quality. They collect data and continue monitoring the water monthly. They assess water quality in the home and on the farm. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students analyze the formation of ratios as they develop comparisons of two known quantities. These comparisons are used to formulate proportions and solve problems. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students participate in an experiment to show how germs are spread, by food, fingers and feces. They conduct a bacteria count using a colony counter. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students examine the effects of pests on other organisms, crops, and the environment. they construct an insect observation chamber and discover how some insects can be pests in some situations and beneficial in others. They write "pest poems." Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine how natural selection creates antibiotic-resistant bacteria, recognize applications of evolutionary principles for medicine, agriculture, and conservation, and discuss how science contributes to decisions in context of society. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore types of governments and political systems. In partners, students share information about their home country. Classmates work together to prepare a presentation about the history and government of a specific country. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students review the steps of the IPM and discuss why inspecting and investigating is important. They receive an interview handout and are assigned a person to interview. After the interview, they present their information to the class and make a chart of the types of pests or signs of pests people have seen and where they saw them. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students use a series of hands-on labs and activities, practice problems, discussions and writing assignments, students investigate about fertilizer chemistry as they break compounds into ions, make a fertilizer and test various fertilizers for phosphate content. They answer the questions of what nutrients are required by plants, how these nutrients are obtained and the issues related to fertilizers. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students prepare paper bag orchards, apply recognized scouting methods to sample insect populations, compare population densities with action thresholds, and analyze and re-evaluate existing management programs. Full Review »

