Do you like eggs?  Learn how to identify and write the 4 Types of Sentences while exploring the topic of chickens & eggs from a local farm in Eastern Oregon. Visuals include a powerpoint presentation (excellent online resource to use with Google Classroom) Flowchart and Thinking Map. Two types of assessments are included ( one using a sentence frame ) and challenge those who need a little more by having them write a short story.Grades 6-8

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"Birds can carry and transmit viruses to humans and other animals. Thus, understanding the viral community hosted by birds could help us predict future outbreaks of human disease. A recent metagenomics study took a broad look at the viruses found in the gut of wild and captive birds. The dataset included samples from over 3,000 birds that represented over 87 species and 10 different phylogenetic orders and the researchers characterized genomes from numerous viral families including astroviruses, coronaviruses, parvoviruses, and adenoviruses. Examining trends, they found that wild birds had higher viral diversity than captive birds. There was also evidence of potential cross-species transmission between wild birds and domestic poultry. Further analysis of the viral genomic sequences revealed differences in virus distribution patterns between wild and captive birds. Different phylogenetic orders of birds and geographic sites also had distinct distribution patterns..."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.

Students learn how the process of soil solarization is used to pasteurize agricultural fields before planting crops. Soil solarization is a pest control technique in agriculture that uses the sun’s radiation to heat the soil and eliminate unwanted pests that could harm the crops. The approach is compared to other pest control methods such as fumigation and herbicide application, highlighting the respective benefits and drawbacks. In preparation for the associated hands-on activity on soil biosolarization, students learn how changing the variables involved in the solarizing process (such as the tarp material, soil water content and addition of organic matter) impacts the technique’s effectiveness. A PowerPoint® presentation and pre/post-quiz is provided.

This is an overview of a dramatic play farm/farmer's market center. It includes description, purpose, suggested materials, questioning examples, considerations, photo examples, literature connections and downloadable resources.

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"Microbiome changes are linked to health in many animals, but the exact mechanisms are not known particularly in non-model organisms, like ostriches. Farmed ostriches have high neonatal mortality, primarily driven by gastrointestinal disease. A new study explored the possible role of microbiome patterns in growing captive ostriches. To do this, researchers examined the gut flora of several intestinal regions and sampled environmental bacteria. Individuals that succumbed to gastroenteritis had dramatically lower microbial diversity than age-matched controls, particularly in the ileum. The cecal and colon microbiomes of healthy individuals were similar to each other across hosts and ages, but diseased individuals had major disruptions. There was no evidence the taxa associated with mortality infiltrated from the environment at the onset of disease. Instead, they were present in the gut shortly after hatching and proliferated in individuals with low microbial diversity..."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"Managing wastewater is a major logistical puzzle that impacts the environment, the climate, and public health. While metropolitan wastewater typically undergoes complex processing and sanitation, rural livestock wastewater is often simply composted for fertilizer, but composting can release harmful contaminants like ammonia, CO₂, and methane. One way to still capture the nutrients with fewer harmful byproducts is by cultivating microalgae, which actually absorb CO₂ via photosynthesis rather than producing it. But how do microalgae impact pathogens? A recent pilot study using raw piggery wastewater found that microalgae cultivation dramatically reduced the pathogen load while also triggering a dramatic shift in the overall bacterial community composition. Further investigation using the most abundant pathogen, Oligella, found that the microalgae weren’t impacting Oligella directly. Rather, microalgae cultivation reduced Oligella abundance through a network of other bacterial species..."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.

The learning resources presented here have been developed through an ERASMUS+ project for adult education entitled “FARMINFIN: Farming concepts and innovative funding/financing” (Project Nº: 2019-1-BE01-KA202-050397) carried out between 2019 and 2021.

The FARMINFIN project provides farmers with the needed competences for the implementation of innovative financing means tailored adequately for their own farms, entrepreneurial approach and personal circumstances.

FARMINFIN training material is aimed at young farmers taking over the business of their parents or simply aiming at business development. For them it is very important to have a solid financial basis for their agricultural businesses!

FARMINFIN has developed a web-based app where you can access to all the project’s training materials which are available in 7 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Czech and Swedish. Through our learning platform you will be able to:

1. Get an overview of the actual situation of innovative financing in family farms in Europe and the available financing tools.
2. Gain knowledge and experience from selected best practices across Europe.
3. Foster professional handling of innovative financing means by farmers.
4. Strengthen economic and socio-economic viability of family farms, and therefore deliver added value to rural development.

The training resources you will find are the following:

SUMMARY REPORT: here you will find an overview of the situation of alternative ways of financing in the farming sector in Europe. The report provides a picture of the common findings across participating project countries, which have been analysed in more detail. You will find also in this section a downloadable annex that graphically shows all the data collected during the development of the report and can be viewed in detail segmented by country.

CATALOGUE: In the catalogue you will find not only a list of the main subsidies’ lines and general financing products, but also the financing products adapted to agriculture and more importantly, a large catalogue of the main products of alternative or innovative financing illustrated with a diagram showing the actors involved and the relationships between them. More specifically, the catalogue has identified:
- 14 of the main lines of subsidies.
- Main general funding products categorised into:
o Public sector (both European and national);
o Short-term private sector (11 tools identified);
o Long-term private sector (8 tools identified).
- Main financing products adapted to agriculture, for the agricultural, livestock and forestry sector.
- Main innovative financing products, where a total of 21 innovative financing tools have been catalogued in detail, including diagrams to illustrate how they work.

BEST PRACTICES: in this section you will find a series of 17 examples of farms across Europe that represent a wide range of best practices in the implementation of innovative financing schemes in the farming sector. Through this section you will learn from real experiences, reading about farmer’s problems related to financing and how they solved them. Learning from existing experiences will surely inspire you.

TRAINING MODULES: learning materials plenty of tips and suggestions on how to deal with relevant topics around the financing of your farm. In addition to the prepared contents of the modules, there is an opportunity to self-test your initial knowledge before taking the module and there is also a test at the end of the module to see whether you understood the contents. The modules also include useful templates, canvas and tools to be used in your learning pathway as well as in your professional activity.

For all components of the learning platform, information is provided in a comprehensive and user-friendly design and the materials can also be downloaded in PDF format.

Ever wonder how food gets from the farm to the table? The Bee Cause Project has partnered with SC Ag in the Classroom to create this unique roadmap from the farm to a local food hub and finally to the table of a local restaurant. The Educator’s Guide provides Resources, Recommended Reading List, Activities, Discussion Questions, and the full recipe for Basic Kitchen’s Collard Roll with Yuzu Dipping Sauce! The video, The Journey of Food: From the Farm to the Table can be found on The Bee Cause Project YouTube Channel. 

In this interactive, learners develop the skills to handle a horse safely before entering the corral for the first time. The interactive consists of three stages, each explaining an aspect of the safety procedures necessary for leading a horse.

Little Kenny at the Farm is about a little boy, Kenny, who gets into trouble a lot. His class went on a visit to a farm. Upon reaching the farm they were given one specific instruction “Do not ride the donkeys!’. Little Kenny got bored during the middle of the tour of the farm and went exploring on his own. He found the donkeys and decided that they look harmless enough and decided to take a ride. He learned a valuable lesson from the ride.

This book is also available for download (PDF) from the catalogue of the Jamaica Library Service at https://catalogue.jls.gov.jm/ .

The book 'Little Kenny at the Farm' was written to support teaching and learning activities in the Jamaican National Standards Curriculum (NSC). It can be used as a resource to help students develop their comprehension skills and where appropriate, initiate a discussion on interesting places in their community.

See below for the Grade 2 curriculum references.

LANGUAGE ARTS
Literacy Strand: Comprehension
Objectives: 
- State how they feel about specific characters (page 162)
- Identify story setting (page 180)
- Analyse and interpret questions at the different levels (page 180)
- Draw conclusions based on different aspects of the story  (page 220)

INTEGRATED STUDIES (page 88)
Sub-theme: Places of interest in my community
Focus Question: What are the places in my community we find interesting?

Description
The Ranger and I is a moving narrative of a day in the lives of some young children at a primary school in a rural Jamaican community. These students are always picking mangoes after school and then helping themselves to the sugar canes on the roadside. The rangers are always on the look-out for cane thieves. Whenever the canes are ready for reaping, the students have fun in the cane fields, despite the rangers’ attempt to stop them. On this particular day, however, the students are caught in the act by the rangers. The events that follow keep them literally on their feet as the rangers confront them. Dally, one character in the story, is affected the most as the students run for their lives in a bid to escape the rangers.
The Ranger and I is a must- read as the writer reminisces on school day events in the mango trees and on the sugar estate. The never-ending suspense should keep young readers at the edge of their seats.
This book is available for download (pdf) from the catalogue of the Jamaica Library Service at https://catalogue.jls.gov.jm/ .

CURRICULUM LINK
The book 'The Ranger and I' was written to support teaching and learning activities in the Jamaican National Standards Curriculum (NSC). It can be used as a resource to help students develop their comprehension skills and where appropriate, initiate a discussion on how they spend their leisure time.
See below for the Grade 2 curriculum references.

LANGUAGE ARTS
Literacy Strand: Comprehension (page 162)
Objectives:
-Tell how they feel about the story
-Record elements and details of a story using the (5 W’s); Who, What, Where, When, Why
-Identify the characters in the story and cite evidence
-Identify the main idea and supporting details in the story

INTEGRATED STUDIES
Sub-theme: Satisfying our needs (page 57)
Focus Question: Why do I need recreation and how can I spend my leisure time?

Students learn about wind as a source of renewable energy and explore the advantages and disadvantages wind turbines and wind farms. They also learn about the effectiveness of wind turbines in varying weather conditions and how engineers work to create wind power that is cheaper, more reliable and safer for wildlife.