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The Future of Food - Introduction

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A highly informative, and thought-provoking video on the history of the growing and selling of food awaits your students. It's a topic not often covered in social studies classes, so this video could be a good addition to a unit on agriculture. It spends a lot of time exploring today's genetically modified crops.

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bioethics, pesticides, farming

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farming, food, dairy farming, genetically modified foods, gmo, genetically modified organisms, bioethics, Agriculture, pesticides, social studies
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
9:49
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For Teacher Use
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Flipped Classroom
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