National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: One Grain of Rice
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
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
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
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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Uc Pest Management Guidelines: Small Grains: Mites
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
Spanish content. Gives us a look in Spanish at the basic elements of a balanced diet with whole grains as a basis.
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Chemical Control Techniques in Grain
This site is one of several that pulls together information on grain storage, but is specific to using chemicals to control insects.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: One Grain of Rice Mathematical Project
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.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Animals Between the Sand Grains Meiofauna
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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The Grain Chain: Where Does Bread Come From?
Help students understand where bread comes from in this series of interactive lessons.
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The Grain Chain: Measuring Energy
Read about how we measure energy from food and what a calorie is.
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The Grain Chain: Stepping Out: Pedometer Experiment [Pdf]
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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The Grain Chain: My Energy Diary [Pdf]
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.
Science Museum, London
Science Museum: Grain Strain
Combine the simple machines to accomplish a task in this interactive game.
University of Pennsylvania
Roman Trade on the Coast of Egypt
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?
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...
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: George Daugela
Learn about the "Vertec grain dryer" invented by George Daugela, member of the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame.
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Vdacs: Grain Inspection Types and Analyses
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.
Precision Nutrition
Encyclopedia of Food: Amaranth
Identify nutritional information, uses for, and ways to prepare the ancient grain, amaranth.
Precision Nutrition
Encyclopedia of Food: Quinoa
An ancient grain revived to be a "superfood" in the 21st century, find the nutritional value, varieties, and methods of preparation for quinoa.
Curated OER
A View on Cities: Boston: Grain & Flour Exchange Building
Grain & Flour Exchange Building (Boston)
Curated OER
"The Wheat Market of Wolseley, n.w.t. Showing 108 Loads of Grain. Feb. 22, 1902"
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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