Virginia Tech
Virginia Cooperative Extension: 4 H Virtual Farm: Wheat
Find answers to all kinds of questions about how wheat is grown on the farms of Virginia. Meet a wheat farmer, learn about how wheat becomes part of the pizza you enjoy, and watch a combine harvest a field.
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Rice Romp: Place Value Lesson Plan
Take a look at the mathematics involved in the story "One Grain of Rice". Included is a lesson plan, geared toward 2nd-grade math students, about place value. A link to a quiz on the story is included.
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Whole Kids Foundation
This website was developed by the Whole Foods Market promotes the access to healthy food for all children. Students are encouraged to get excited about eating fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Nuristanis
The area known as Nuristan is located at the southern end of the Hindu Kush mountain range in Afghanistan. There are limited amounts of arable land in the Hindu Kush, but there are abundant amounts of pastureland well suited for...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Nyakyusa and Ngonde
The Nyakyusa of southwestern Tanzania are known from missionary and traveler's records since the beginning of European contact with the East African interior in the 1870s. The Nyakyusa are especially noted for their system of "age...
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Physics.org: A Grain of Sand Covers 10,000 Galaxies
A fascinating look at how big our solar system really is. Shows how we can only see a tiny bit of our vast universe.
US Department of Agriculture
Choose My Plate: Health and Nutrition Information for Educators
Find sets of lesson plans for children grades one through six about the healthy food choices. Includes posters, worksheets, and coloring pages.
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Agri Food Trade Service: Agriculture, Food and Beverage Industry Tipsheets
Here's a collection of "fact sheets" offering details on Canada's various industries: Brewery, Dairy, Distillery, Fish and Seafood, Egg, Fruit, Grains and Oilseeds, Honey, Poultry, Red Meat, and more.
University of Massachusetts
University of Mass.: Bread, Cereal, Rice, and Pasta
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...
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: The Grain Sifters
An image of "The Grain Sifters", created by Gustave Courbet in 1854 (Oil on canvas, 131 x 167 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Sts Justus and Clement Multiplying the Grain of Volterra
An image of "Sts Justus and Clement Multiplying the Grain of Volterra", created by Master of the Castello Nativity, c. 1450 (Tempera and gold on panel, 22 x 47 cm).
Precision Nutrition
Encyclopedia of Food: Teff
Get the nutritional information, identification, and methods to prepare the Ethiopian grown grain, teff.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: A Soluble Separation Solution
Have you ever mixed together salt and pepper? Isn't it fun to see how all of those tiny grains of salt and pepper mix together. But what if you had to separate them out again? Do you have nightmares of tiny tweezers, a magnifying glass,...
World Food Programme
Free Rice: Chemical Symbols (Full List)
Play this game and help to end world hunger! For every correct answer, ten grains of rice will be donated to the UN World Food Programme. Try this question set covering all the chemical elements of the Periodic Table. The level of the...
World Food Programme
Free Rice: Chemical Symbols (Basic)
Play this game and help to end world hunger! For every correct answer, ten grains of rice will be donated to the UN World Food Programme. Try this question set covering the basic chemical elements of the Periodic Table. The level of the...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Sand Structure: Measuring Density and Porosity of Sand
For many kids, a day at the beach would not be complete without building a sandcastle. Have you ever wondered how it is that you can pack sand into a mold for a sandcastle? Do some kinds of sand pack better than others? This project will...
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Mainland Aggregates, Ltd: Many Uses of Sand
This infographic includes a calculation for how many grains of sand are on the Earth. It discusses what sand is, its history of use by humans, and its many uses in modern times.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Paleoclimates and Pollen
In this extensive activity, students examine and investigate pictures of pollen grains to determine the likely climate at the time the pollen was shed.
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Tour Italy: Agriculture in the Roman Empire
This site discusses the importance of agricultural products, particularly grain, as trade products of the Early Roman Empire.
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History Blog: Family Looking for Broken Sewer Pipe Finds 2,500 Years of History
A fascinating story about a family in Lecce, Italy, who made a major archaeological discovery while digging under their house to find the source of a problem in the pipes that led to a toilet. What they found instead was an entire...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Colloids and Suspensions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson, students expand their study of mixtures to show that solids and gases can also act as solvents. Additionally, they take a look at situations in which...
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This Is Sand
Remember sand art? Now you can experience all the fun without the mess. Drag and drop streams of virtual sand grains to create surreal landscapes of color. The perfect marriage of Flash programming and artistic inventiveness.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: He Huffed, and He Puffed, but Didn't Blow the House Down!
In the fairy tale of the three little pigs, the wolf huffed and puffed and blew down the first pig's straw house. But in reality, straw tied into bales is a viable building material that when used properly, makes sturdy and...
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