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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Finding" Horsepower

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars investigate horsepower as a unit of power. They examine history and discover that scientists and engineers of high achievement are considered to be among the most valued contributors to their culture.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What does the U.S. rice farmer use to grow rice?

For Teachers K
Students discuss how a farmer grows rice. In this rice lesson, students discover the different tools needed to grow rice and how rice is cut and cleaned. They draw a picture of a rice farm. 
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Website
Wessels Living History Farm

Wessels Living History Farm

For Students 9th - 10th
The Wessels Living History Farm of York County, Nebraska, offers a look at what it was like to live on a Great Plains farm in the 1920s. The farm's attractive and well organized website includes interviews with people who remember life...
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Other

Tractors

For Students 9th - 10th
An outstanding historical overview of the development of the tractor and its uses to farming.
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Other

K 3 Learning Pages: Web Resources Farm

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Come and check out this awesome farm resource site. Students and teachers will benefit from this compilation of materials.
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Other

Canadian Agricultural and Food Museum (Caf)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Under the heading "Tour of the Museum," there are excellent links to information on dairy farms, small animals found in the barn, horses, beef cattle, and more! There are also teachers kits available through this site that are meant to...
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Things That Can Go

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This interactive nonfiction ebook focuses on things that can go. Children can choose to read independently or listen to each sentence read to them.