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Welcome to AgroWorld! This bimonthly E-zine has been developed for the secondary educator and their students. Each issue features current events, classroom resources, activities, and grant opportunities that enhance standards based on science, applied technology, and social studies curricula. News you can use in your classroom today! For more information or to check out your state's resources, visit us on the web at www.agclassroom.org |
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SCIENCE
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| Scenes of Science |
Scenes of Science presents 24 short news clips in a DVD format that informs students about the latest research and technology in agriculture. Students learn about cutting edge developments that are transpiring in many areas, including food, insects, health, crops, and environment. Career opportunities are explored by observing actual scientists and technicians. Produced by the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2004. For your free CD, contact your state Agriculture in the Classroom program.Click here for more >>> |
| Educating the Biotechnology Workforce | |
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Bio-Link enhances and expands biology and biotechnology education programs by providing cutting edge professional development, curriculum (free lesson plans), a vitrtual library, laboratory and other classroom ready resoruces. |
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| Cloning in Focus |
 Have you ever wished you could have a clone of yourself to grade papers while you were sleeping? Imagine if you could really do that. Where would you start? You may have first heard of cloning when Dolly the Sheep showed up on the scene in 1997. Cloning technologies have been around for much longer than Dolly, though. This website will help your students to understand what cloning is, how it is done, cloning myths, and much, much more.Click here for more >>> |
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See how Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and the use of satellites along with Global Information Systems (GIS) help farmers, agribusiness, and researchers to increase farm production, decrease soil erosion, monitor irrigation, access risk, and distribute the things we use everyday. View the demos and obtain free GIS software from this site.| Tracking Movement of Cattle With Satellites |
 When
you buy a new car, the salesperson might ask you if you want OnStar
or a similar product. OnStar uses Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
technology to track your car anywhere in the world and can give you
directions if you are lost. Similar technology is being used to track
cattle.Click here for more >>> |
| Did You Hear That? |
 Like
a reporter sticking a microphone up to the mouth of a celebrity, entomologist
James R. Fisher sticks a specially designed microphone in the pots
of nursery crops to hear black vine weevils munching on the roots
of plants. Learn about how this technology is helping growers.Click here for more >>> |
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| History of American Agriculture Online Timeline |
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| Taxing Snacks to Reduce Obesity | |
 Could taxing snacks reduce American obesity? On average, each U.S. household spent $76 on 32 pounds of salty snacks. Backers of a proposed tax on snack foods argue that such a tax will improve diets and health by reducing consumption. What do your students think?Click here for more >>> |
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| A Grain of Truth About Fiber Intake |
 Here's a quick quiz: If the wrapper on the bread you've just chosen contains the healthy-sounding phrase "12 grain," does that mean you've made the best choice in terms of dietary fiber? Not necessarily. Brown breads are not all alike.Click here for more >>> |
AgroWorldŽ is a bimonthly e-zine developed by Utah State University Agriculture in the Classroom through a cooperative agreement with USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, Extension Service Agriculture in the Classroom Program, and Higher Education Programs. To subscribe click here, to unsubscribe to AgroWorldŽ click here.