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May 6, 2015

Aquaculture Activity – Crossword

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Brief Description:  Aquaculture Crossword Puzzle Activity… view full description & alignments

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May 29, 2013

The Soil’s Alive

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Brief Description:  Discover more about what lives in the soil and what it is composed of.

 

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May 28, 2013

Milk Matters

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Brief Description:  Students will make ice cream or butter so they can observe the process of the liquid changing to a solid.

 

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March 12, 2013

Fiber Maine-ia 2 – Did the Vikings Visit Maine?

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Did the Vikings Visit Maine? Background
Activity: Using a Drop Spindle
Spinning Yarn with a Drop Spindle
How to Prepare Fiber with Hand Carders
Using a Niddy Noddy
Rubrics for Assessment
Maine Fiber Teaching Kit Free to Maine Teacher
Ideas for Alignment

Brief Description: It is likely that the Vikings were responsible for bringing woven cloth to the New World. Students will use a drop spindle and Niddy Noddy to spin and measure wool. Teachers may borrow a free kit with hand cards, fleece, and other items needed to teach this lesson.

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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

In Harmony

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Brief Description: Students develop mapmaking, map reading, and graph reading skills as they learn the capabilities and limitations of our land resources by using a soil survey. In the process students begin to develop the knowledge needed to build a foundation for understanding the complex issues involved in making land use decisions in harmony with the land’s capability.

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