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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: One Grain of Rice

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lesson plan to use with the book One Grain of Rice by Demi including an activity sheet to help students work the math Rani used to trick the raja into giving rice to the village.
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Alberta's Extant Grain Elevators

For Students 3rd - 8th
A map containing the location of nine of Alberta's Grain Elevators points to information about each of these structures from their construction to their usage to their current status.
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Five Prairie Gaints: Inglis Grain Elevator National Historic Site

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is the website of the Inglis Grain Elevators National Historic Site. Here, information is provided on five prairie grain elevators found in Inglis, Manitoba, Canada.
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Us Rice Producers: One Grain of Rice Study Guide

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Study Guide explores the lessons to be learned from the folktale, One Grain of Rice. Although this story is from India, it has been passed from culture to culture. Students can identify the universal qualities of kindness, generosity,...
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Libre Text

Uc Pest Management Guidelines: Small Grains: Mites

For Students 9th - 10th
A site on the grain mite and the damage it causes to produce.
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Whole Grains Council: Los Granos Enteros Y Una Dieta Balanceada Y Saludable

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish content. Gives us a look in Spanish at the basic elements of a balanced diet with whole grains as a basis.
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Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

Chemical Control Techniques in Grain

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is one of several that pulls together information on grain storage, but is specific to using chemicals to control insects.
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University of Georgia

University of Georgia: One Grain of Rice Mathematical Project

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the mathematical tale about Raja, one grain of rice, and how quickly it grows. It includes a mathematical project using a spreadsheet to examine exponential growth and a calculus-based extension that explores area under a curve.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Animals Between the Sand Grains Meiofauna

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lab activity, students will observe the minute animals that live between sand grains. The activity includes a list of materials, procedures, and discussion question. It is supplemented with reference images and a list of species...
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Other

The Grain Chain: Where Does Bread Come From?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Help students understand where bread comes from in this series of interactive lessons.
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The Grain Chain: Measuring Energy

For Students 3rd - 5th
Read about how we measure energy from food and what a calorie is.
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Other

The Grain Chain: Energy in and Out

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Explore why we need energy and where it comes from.
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Other

The Grain Chain: Stepping Out: Pedometer Experiment [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use your skills of estimation, observation, and data collection to calculate the amount of energy used during your normal walking throughout the day. Use of a pedometer is suggested, but walking steps could be counted by students while...
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Other

The Grain Chain: My Energy Diary [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 6th
Use the table to keep track of the food you eat during the day. Then check to see if the energy from the food you ate is equal to the energy you used throughout the day.
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Other

The Grain Chain: What Happens Next? [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Put the steps for making bread in order.
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Science Museum, London

Science Museum: Grain Strain

For Students 6th - 8th
Combine the simple machines to accomplish a task in this interactive game.
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University of Pennsylvania

Roman Trade on the Coast of Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the importance of Egypt to the Roman Empire for its grain and trade routes.
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Galileo Educational Network: What Stories Do We Have to Tell?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The teacher of this Grade 1/2 class won the 2006 Governor General's Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History for this project. Students explored the history of grain elevators in Alberta and connected their disappearance on the...
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: George Daugela

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the "Vertec grain dryer" invented by George Daugela, member of the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame.
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Other

Vdacs: Grain Inspection Types and Analyses

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, provided by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, gives some brief information on the types of inspections and analyses done by grain inspectors.
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Precision Nutrition

Encyclopedia of Food: Amaranth

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Identify nutritional information, uses for, and ways to prepare the ancient grain, amaranth.
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Precision Nutrition

Encyclopedia of Food: Quinoa

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An ancient grain revived to be a "superfood" in the 21st century, find the nutritional value, varieties, and methods of preparation for quinoa.
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Curated OER

A View on Cities: Boston: Grain & Flour Exchange Building

For Students 9th - 10th
Grain & Flour Exchange Building (Boston)
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Curated OER

"The Wheat Market of Wolseley, n.w.t. Showing 108 Loads of Grain. Feb. 22, 1902"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of historic photographs of grain elevators across the breadth of Saskatchewan, documented before the elevators all but disappeared from the prairie landscape.

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