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Michigan Department of Agriculture: Risks vs Benefits in Food Production [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Michigan Department of Agriculture provides this site that teaches students about the risks and benefits involved with food production. Includes a detailed lesson plan along with a list of terms and definitions. Gives great background...
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Fast Food Marketing

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how many fast food companies invest in advertising to convince consumers to buy their products.
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Geographypods

Geographypods: Theme 3: Economic Development: Agricultural Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
This learning module looks at features and types of agricultural systems, including large scale commercial farming, small scale subsistence farming, causes and effects of food shortages, and how food aid is distributed during a famine....
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Ecology: Communities and Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of courses on communities and ecosystems. Some topics explored are productivity, food webs, and ecology. The courses offer video clips, lecture notes, practice problems, and exam questions. Practice problems and exam...
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PBS

Pbs: Scientific American: Never Say Die: Eat Less Live Longer

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site from the PBS production "Never Say Die" provides a section on how to eat less and live longer. The first part of this site discusses food and nutrition. The second part is an activity in which you can make a calorimeter. The...
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Regents of the University of Michigan

Animal Diversity Web: Bombyx Mori (Silkworms)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biological information about the silkworm, Bombyx mori, including habitat, physical description, behavior, food habits, and more.
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Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

International Year of Rice, 2004: Kids! Rice Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Kid-friendly questions and answers about rice, the way it grows, and the many uses for it.
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Other

Importance of Plants and Plant Communities

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover why plants are extremely important to humans. Resource provides an explanation of the important things they provide.
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University of Massachusetts

University of Mass.: Bread, Cereal, Rice, and Pasta

For Students 9th - 10th
At this website from the University of Massachusetts you can read about the different foods that make up the bread group in the food pyramid. Learn about the nutritional value of bread, cereal, rice, and pasta, and read about the...
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Cool Basics on Aquaculture

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains what aquaculture is, the different types, the benefits it offers, and its impact on the environment.
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University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts: Milk, Yogurt, and Cheese

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief article from the University of Massachusetts provides information on the nutritional values of milk products. Take a three-question quiz to test your knowledge of the milk food group.
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Royal Botanic Gardens

Plant Cultures: Rice

For Students 9th - 10th
Plant profile of rice. Covers history, spiritual, production and trade, traditional medicine, western medicine, food, crafts, cosmetics and other uses.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Go Bananas: Banana Farmers

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The aims of this flipchart are to use a case study to explore the issues that face banana growers. It follows the experiences of two farmers growing bananas, and encourages debate about Fair Trade as...

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