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Agronomy Feeds the World - Mentor's Guide
30 Aug 2018 | Contributor(s):: PlantingScience Staff
The purpose of this tip sheet is to help you as a scientist mentor anticipate and respond to students as they post online about their agronomy-related investigations. After initial inquiries – such as watching purple Kool-Aid run through 3+ types of soil, evaluating water-holding capacity of...
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Agronomy Feeds the World - Experimental Design for Guided Inquiry
27 Dec 2016 | Contributor(s):: plantingscience
This guide will help teachers walk their students through the guided inquiry that is part of the Agronomy Feeds the World module.
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Agronomy Feeds the World - Field to Table Discussion Items
27 Dec 2016 | Contributor(s):: plantingscience
Goals, purposes and objectives centered around a core concept (big idea):Where exactly does my food come from: Field to table?Objectives:Understand the connection between our food and farmsDetermine the infrastructure necessary to transport foodUnderstand the costs...
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Agronomy Feeds the World - Geography and Water
27 Dec 2016 | Contributor(s):: plantingscience
Goal: To understand how geography and water quantity and quality impact food and fiber production.Objectives:To understand what an ecoregion is and how crops are impacted by weather, climate, and geography among various ecoregions.To understand how water stress impacts crop production.To conduct...
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Agronomy Feeds the World - Plant Measurements
27 Dec 2016 | Contributor(s):: plantingscience
This is a brief resource to assist students in deciding how best to measure plants and record data in their experiments.
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Agronomy Feeds the World - Plant Stresses
27 Dec 2016 | Contributor(s):: plantingscience
OverviewThis investigation introduces students to sources/types of plant stress and how plants deal/combat with stress.Also include emphasis on how plant stresses reduce yield quantity/quality; how does this affect the food supply?Talk about how growers help plants...
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Agronomy Feeds the World - Soil Nutrition and Fertility Resources
27 Dec 2016 | Contributor(s):: plantingscience
Goals, purposes and objectives centered around a core concept (big idea):The goal of this project is to allow students to understand the roles of soil nutrients and how they affect plant growth and plant nutritional status.Objectives:Understand the roles of macronutrients...
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Agronomy Feeds the World - Teacher's Guide
27 Dec 2016 | Contributor(s):: plantingscience
Premise: One in nine people in the world are hungry, and as the population expands to 9 billion by 2050, food production must rapidly rise to the challenge to reduce hunger. Although food is a basic need for mankind, fewer citizens today are aware of the process of food production and its...