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Handout
Travel Document Systems

Tds: Brunei: Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting look at how Brunei is trying to maximize its development and control over its petroleum industry. There is also discussion of its other industries that produce products for local use. Information from the U.S. State Dept....
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Interactive
Virginia Tech

4 H: Virtual Farm

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Click through a virtual farm and learn about horse farms, aquaculture, cattle farms, and other kinds of farms by reading and watching videos.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Uses of Water

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how humans use water today.
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Website
Other

Monterey Bay Aquarium: Seafood Watch Program

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is devoted to determining the types of seafood that you should and should not purchase, how fish are farmed and caught and what you can do to improve the awareness of sustainable methods of fish farming. Be sure to click on...
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: What Is Aquaculture?

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what aquaculture is, the different varieties, and its important role in food production for the United States. (Updated: July 12, 2012)
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Activity
Other

Alverno College: Ps Aqua Farm: The Aquafarmer: Your Role in This Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Using this simulation become the manager of a real-life fish farming operation. Make money by raising fish manipulating dependent and independent variables.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Does It Grow? Hydroponic Spinach

For Students 9th - 10th
How do leafy greens like spinach grow even in the dead of winter? One way is hydroponics- an ancient technique that could be the future of farming. [4:51]
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Handout
PBS

Newton's Apple: Black Pearls

For Students 9th - 10th
A lab activity to illicit discussion/understanding of the way in which mollusks produce an economic product.