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Science Museum, London
Science Museum: Grain Strain
Combine the simple machines to accomplish a task in this interactive game.
University of Pennsylvania
Roman Trade on the Coast of Egypt
Discusses the importance of Egypt to the Roman Empire for its grain and trade routes.
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Galileo Educational Network: What Stories Do We Have to Tell?
The teacher of this Grade 1/2 class won the 2006 Governor General's Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History for this project. Students explored the history of grain elevators in Alberta and connected their disappearance on the...
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: George Daugela
Learn about the "Vertec grain dryer" invented by George Daugela, member of the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame.
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Vdacs: Grain Inspection Types and Analyses
This site, provided by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, gives some brief information on the types of inspections and analyses done by grain inspectors.
Precision Nutrition
Encyclopedia of Food: Amaranth
Identify nutritional information, uses for, and ways to prepare the ancient grain, amaranth.
Precision Nutrition
Encyclopedia of Food: Quinoa
An ancient grain revived to be a "superfood" in the 21st century, find the nutritional value, varieties, and methods of preparation for quinoa.
Curated OER
A View on Cities: Boston: Grain & Flour Exchange Building
Grain & Flour Exchange Building (Boston)
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"The Wheat Market of Wolseley, n.w.t. Showing 108 Loads of Grain. Feb. 22, 1902"
This is a collection of historic photographs of grain elevators across the breadth of Saskatchewan, documented before the elevators all but disappeared from the prairie landscape.
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,...
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