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Grades |
Lesson or Activity |
Description |
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MD
Agricultural Regions |
Examination of map enables students to visualize the various
agricultural regions of Maryland.
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Agricultural Regions of Maryland map |
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Top 5 Ag
Products - Central Region |
Students
can locate the counties for the central region and the top 5
commodities produced in each county as well as comparing the
commodities from one county to another. |
Central
Region map
Student Worksheet
Teacher Worksheet
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Top 5 Ag
Products - Northern Eastern Shore Region |
Students
can locate the counties for the northern eastern shore region
and the top 5 commodities produced in each county as well as
comparing the commodities from one county to another. |
Northern Eastern
Shore Region map
Student
Worksheet
Teacher Worksheet |
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Top 5 Ag
Products - Southern Region |
Students
can locate the counties for the southern region and the top 5
commodities produced in each county as well as comparing the
commodities from one county to another. |
Southern Region map
Student
Worksheet
Teacher
Worksheet |
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Top 5 Ag
Products - Southern Eastern Shore Region |
Students
can locate the counties for the southern eastern shore region
and the top 5 commodities produced in each county as well as
comparing the commodities from one county to another. |
Southern Eastern
Shore Region map
Student Worksheet
Teacher Worksheet |
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Top 5 Ag
Products - Western Region |
Students
graph the months that different fresh Maryland fruits and
vegetables are harvested. |
Western Region map
Student
Worksheet
Teacher
Worksheet |
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Maryland's
Growing Season |
Students
develop an environmentally-responsible plan for a pizza
garden. |
Maryland's Growing Season map
Student Worksheet
Teacher Worksheet |
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Grades 2-5 |
Maryland's
Farmers' Markets |
Lesson
encourages students to learn the benefits of shopping locally
as they visit some local markets through a power point
presentation. |
Maryland's Farmers' Markets map
Student Worksheet
Teacher Worksheet |
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Grades 4-8 |
Harvest a
Plenty |
Students
graph the months that different fresh
Maryland
fruits and vegetables are harvested. |
Harvest a Plenty |
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Grades 6-8 |
Plant a Pizza |
This lesson
uses the students' comprehensive abilities to develop an
environmentally-responsible plan for a pizza garden. |
Plant a Pizza |
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Grades 6-8 |
Let's Make
Bread: How Does Bread Use Biotechnology? |
Biotechnology
has been in use for thousands of years in the production of
bread. Students will learn how yeast reacts to different
environments and how it makes bread rise! The scientific
method will be utilized throughout the experiments as students
collect and analyze data. |
Let's Make
Bread |
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Grades 6-8 |
A Hungry
World - How Can Biotechnology Help? |
With a
growing world population and shrinking farmlands, how can we
continue feeding ourselves? Biotechnology is one answer to
this growing problem. Facts about world hunger will be
introduced as students learn about the hungry world around
them. |
A Hungry
World |
