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| 1 | http://gisgeography.com/agriculture-maps-global-farming/ | |||
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| 3 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations- AQUASAT- global water information system: | |||
| 4 | http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/main/index.stm | |||
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| 6 | Nat. Geo. Global Water Footprint of Key Crops (+ other resources): | |||
| 7 | http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/global-water-footprint/ | |||
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| 9 | Interesting point: "Soil water is the limiting factor for photosynthesis" | |||
| 10 | http://drought.unl.edu/ranchplan/DroughtBasics/GrassesDrought/SoilMoisturePlantGrowth.aspx | |||
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| 12 | The Importance of Water in Plants & Crop Agriculture: A Climatic Factor: | |||
| 13 | http://www.cropsreview.com/importance-of-water.html | |||
| 14 | (Some key words- mesophytes, hydrophytes, xerophytes, resurrection plants) | |||
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| 16 | Article: "Plants have unexpected response to climate change" | |||
| 17 | (mentioned downhill movements in relation to water availability and uphill movements in relation to temperature) | |||
| 18 | http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/08/plants-have-unexpected-response-climate-change | |||
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| 20 | Water holding capacity of soils activity... see Activity 3 with soda bottle/mayo jar | |||
| 21 | http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/4h/4H36000.pdf | |||
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| 23 | Climate & Crop Growth Lesson: | |||
| 24 | http://nationalgeographic.org/activity/climate-crop-growth/ | |||
| 25 | Interactive activity- http://authoring.concord.org/sequences/50/activities/295?show_index=true | |||
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| 27 | Article: "How do weather and climate influence cropping area and intensity?" | |||
| 28 | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912414000583 | |||
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| 30 | GREAT video from a corn farmer: http://www.myamericanfarm.org/videos/video_player.php?vurl=AH808_corn_crop_champions_HulaFamilyFarm.mp4 (talks about drip irrigation, etc.) | |||
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| 32 | + | In-depth Corn Information (Oregon State University): http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/css/330/six/index.htm
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| 34 | Which biomes are able to produce food? | |||
| 35 | https://www.oxfam.org.au/get-involved/how-schools-can-get-involved/classroom-resources/food-4-thought-2/food-4-thought-geography/worksheet-2-which-biomes-are-able-to-produce-food/ | |||
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| 37 | Agroecological production zones, probable geographic origin of some crops, environmental factors that affect plant growth, crop adaptations (Oregon State University: CSS 330 World Food Crops): | |||
| 38 | http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/css/330/two/ | |||
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| 40 | - | + | Home Sweet Biome: How Do Plants Grow in Different Environments? (Science Buddies Experiment):
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| 41 | + | http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/EnvSci_p046.shtml#procedure
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