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One Grain of Rice

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Upper graders read the story One Grain of Rice, and use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast topics found in the story to current event topics today. Groups of three learners work together to create their diagram. The topics they must...
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The Grain Game

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read and discuss origin of cereal, use pieces of cereal made from grains grown in Oklahoma to play counting game, name their favorite breakfast cereal, guess which grains are used to make their favorite cereals, and read...
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The Business of Agriculture

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners explore the importance of agribusiness in the US economy. They play one game where they sort and discuss the importance of agricultural commodities. They also play the game Pit to better understand how agricultural products are...
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What was the lesson learned in the story, "One Grain of Rice?"

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete activities with the folktale "One Grain of Rice." In this folktale lesson, 2nd graders discuss the lesson learned in the story. They also tell character traits of the main character Rani. 
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Clothes from Grain: A Miracle or a Problem?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read fables about entrepreneurs who buy grain and turn it into clothing, or resell the grain and use the proceeds to import clothing. They use the fables to determine why people trade, and to analyze costs and benefits of trade...
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More Than One Grain of Rice

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners explore mathematics, geography and agriculture by studying world rice production. In this production of rice instructional activity, students read One Grain of Rice and use a worksheet grid to calculate how much rice was...
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Every Grain Counts

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students research a variety of facts about rice. They read books, access information on the Internet and use maps to determine major rice growing areas in the world and the patterns of distribution for this crop. Students create maps to...
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Why is rice a remarkable grain?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders research rice and its health benefits. For this rice lesson, 2nd graders discuss the popularity of rice in the world and its history. They make "rice squiggles" by sprinkling colored rice on a squiggle of glue. This lesson...
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Ahisma Summer Institute

The Power of One - Math in a Different Angle

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
In this 2-day lesson focused on exponents, middle schoolers will cross the curriculum by engaging in science, history and language arts activities. Exponential growth will be explored using grains of rice on a chess board. Exponential...
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Food Detectives

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the regions in which particular grains are grown. Using the packaging from a variety of foods, grains are identified and the general locations where they are grown are plotted on a map.
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Let's Make a Meal: A Study of Oats

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the history and health benefits of oats. In this food history and nutrition lesson, students describe the origin of oats in America, define nutrition related vocabulary, and read and follow recipes for making...
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One Grain at a Time

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate deserts. In this geography lesson, students create a KWL chart about deserts and research information on deserts by using reference books. Students record the characteristics of deserts and the wildlife which lives...
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Black History 104

For Students 9th - 12th
Who was the originator of the Blood Bank? What fur and grain trader founded the city of Chicago? Who invented the ironing board and lawn sprinklers? A 10-clue matching activity launches a scavenger hunt for information about famous, yet...
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Smithsonian Institution

Harvest Ceremony: Beyond the Thanksgiving Myth

For Teachers K - 12th
There is a grain of truth in myths. Young historians investigate the truths surrounding the popular beliefs about the First Thanksgiving in Plymouth, Massachusetts. After reading the information in a study guide, they use what they...
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What grain can tell the story of man?

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss the history of rice. For this rice history lesson, 1st graders discover who first planted rice and its role in the health of several countries today. They draw a ship loaded with rice. 
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A World in a Grain of Sand

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students go exploring Britain's beaches. In this geography lesson, students visit selected websites to learn about specific beach habitats and the history of cleaning those beaches.
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Russia burns: Moscow under smog: Grain export ban

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders examine the problems that the 2010 heat wave caused in Russia. In this Russian Weather ESL lesson, 10th graders read an article and answer guided reading questions. Students complete an article quiz on what they have...
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More Than One Grain of Rice

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore cultural habits by viewing food videos in class. In this agriculture instructional activity, 6th graders identify the importance of rice in the human diet and how different cultures prepare the food. Students view...
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Coin Content

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students calculate ancient Greek coin values as compared to their weight, equivalence in grain, and determine their worth today. They explain how to calculate fractions of a given weight and how to use decimal numbers.
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Farming: Seasons on a Wheat Farm (Lesson 4)

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explain the seasons on a wheat farm. They identify the uses of a grain elevator as well. They use a dry erase board to illustrate the seasons and the grain elevator in operation.
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How Many Types of Rice Are There?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the cultivation and variation of rice around the world.  In this food lesson, 6th graders read about the process of bringing rice from a farm to your dinner plate and which types of rice grow in which...
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Altered Genes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners describe the economic relationship between farmers, consumers, and food companies. They examine the issues regarding the reactions of consumers in this country and other countries to the use of gene-altered crops in food...
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Beach Sands of the World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine a variety of sand samples from throughout the world. On an index card, they write the characteristics of the sand and draw what the grains look like to use during the activity. Using a map, they practice plotting...
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The History of Ethanol in America

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore and examine the production of biofuels from the 1850's to the present. Included in their research is Henry Ford, ethanol, World War I and prohibition. They explain the importance of grains and grasses for the...

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