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Whole Grains Council: Whole Grains 101

For Students 9th - 10th
Whole grains are an important part of your diet. This article discusses the advantages of whole grains, how you can incorporate them into your meals, and there are even some recipes to try.
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Scientific American

Scientific American Slideshow: A Grain of Sand: Nature's Secret Wonder

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Get an up-close microscopic view of grains of sand from various locations around the world in this slideshow from Scientific American.
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US Department of Agriculture

Choose My Plate: All About the Grains Group

For Students 9th - 10th
There are two types of grains: whole grains and refined grains. Learn about each and find examples. Click on the "Grains Food Gallery" link to see examples, images, and serving sizes of different grains.
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Grain Chain: Welcome to Grain Chain

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A comprehensive website with activities for all age groups to help in understanding how grains are grown and why they are such an important part of our diet. Included are interactive games, activity sheets, and lesson plans.
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Whole Grains Coiuncil: Que Son Los Granos Enteros?

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish content. Describes the parts of a whole grain of one the world's cereal crops.
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US Department of Agriculture

Choose My Plate: Why Is It Important to Eat Grains, Especially Whole Grains?

For Students 9th - 10th
"Why is it important to eat grains, especially whole grains?" This website has the answer. Read about the "health benefits" of eating whole grains and learn about the nutrients found in whole grains.
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Whole Grains Council: What's a Whole Grain? A Refined Grain?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explains what the inside of a whole grain looks like, and the difference between whole grains and other grains, e.g., refined and enriched.
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US Department of Agriculture

Choose My Plate: How to Eat More Whole Grain Food

For Students 9th - 10th
Find notes at this website that will help you eat whole grains at meals and for snacks. Includes tips for reading food labels and teaching young children how to make healthy food choices.
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Teach With Picture Books: One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Author provides a summary, discussion questions, background information, pre-reading and after-reading questions, as well as extension ideas for math and language arts for the folk tale from India, One Grain of Rice.
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Whole Grains Council: How Much Is Enough?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This page from the Whole Grains Council gives guidelines on what constitutes whole grains and how to get enough in your diet.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: One Grain of Rice

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lesson plan to use with the book One Grain of Rice by Demi including an activity sheet to help young scholars work the math Rani used to trick the raja into giving rice to the village.
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Alberta's Extant Grain Elevators

For Students 3rd - 8th
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

For Students 3rd - 8th
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

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
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

For Students 9th - 10th
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

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish content. Gives us a look in Spanish at the basic elements of a balanced diet with whole grains as a basis.
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Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

Chemical Control Techniques in Grain

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is one of several that pulls together information on grain storage, but is specific to using chemicals to control insects.
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University of Georgia

University of Georgia: One Grain of Rice Mathematical Project

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Animals Between the Sand Grains Meiofauna

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Help students understand where bread comes from in this series of interactive lessons.
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The Grain Chain: Measuring Energy

For Students 3rd - 5th
Read about how we measure energy from food and what a calorie is.
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The Grain Chain: Energy in and Out

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Explore why we need energy and where it comes from.
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The Grain Chain: Stepping Out: Pedometer Experiment [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
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]

For Students 3rd - 6th
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.

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