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February 15, 2013

People Need Plants

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Brief Description: Students will be able to identify parts of a plant and recognize the importance of plants in our daily diet. They will learn new vocabulary and use these in activities pertaining to their own eating habits.

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February 15, 2013

CAUTION: Chemicals

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Brief Description: Students will use this lesson to understand cause and effect by seeing how chemicals can spread through soil as well as endanger plants and animals. They will conduct an experiment, observe, and draw conclusions as to why chemicals should not be the first choice when it comes to controlling pests.

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January 17, 2013

More Than Just Dust Bunnies

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Brief Description: Students will learn about dust and its components using slides and microscopes. After reading about the history of the microscope students will look at dust, small organisms in dust and dust allergies using wet and dry slides. Using pictures and graphs students will present their findings.

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January 16, 2013

Ant Antics

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Brief Description: Students will use the Scientific Method to examine alternative pest control methods. They will test the effect of organic controls on ants versus chemicals.

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January 16, 2013

Pesticide Wise

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Brief Description: Students will learn about the selection, handling, storage and disposal of pesticides. They will read about the background of pesticide use and the harm it can pose. Students will look at new vocabulary and the information given on labels to find important information.

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January 7, 2013

There’s A Wiser Way

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Focus Areas: Integrated Pest Management (IPM); Science, Language Arts, Graphic Arts

Focus Skills: summarizing, understanding the main idea

Objectives

  • To illustrate an understanding of IPM
  • To recognize the need for reduction of chemical applications in pest management

Essential Question

How can Integrated Pest Management reduce the use of chemicals in managing pests?

Essential Understandings

  • IPM seeks to understand the lifestyle of a pest and determine the pest population before taking action.
  • IPM applies the most environmentally sound methods to pest management.

Background

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June 29, 2012

Soil Is Not Trivial

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Brief Description:  Using facts about the Dust Bowl, students write questions and playa trivia activity focused around the establishment of a national soil conservation program and the importance of soil. Students then explore and/or develop a plan to address a local soil conservation issue.

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June 29, 2012

Step By Step

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Brief Description: Students study the sequence of production to discover the resources required and the variety of careers involved to take a raw food from the farm to the consumer.

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June 29, 2012

Perc Through the Pores

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Brief Description: By pretending to become soil particles and water droplets, students simulate soil particle sizes and their pore space.

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June 27, 2012

It All Starts With A

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Brief Description: Students conduct surveys to learn what agriculture provides to people. They organize, simplify, and communicate their findings using tallies, frequency tables, and histograms.

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