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Invasive Species in the News
Brief Description: This lesson will bring the broader focus of invasive species to students. By examining the media attention that invasive species are receiving across the country the serious nature of the issue will become clear and alert students to issues beyond their locale that …
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Invasive Disease
Brief Description: Invasive diseases can be caused by a number of infectious agents. Global trade and travel have enabled serious invasive species to create epidemics that led to pandemics beginning in the middle ages and continuing to today. This lesson focuses on the infective agents, …
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Label It, Sell It
Brief Description: Students will learn the nutritional value citrus contributes to their daily diets, use nutritional labels and promote citrus from a nutritional perspective. Objectives: Students will be able to: 1. Use food labels to learn the nutritional value of citrus. 2. identify and describe …
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Feed Me Nutritional Building Blocks
Brief Description The difference between human nutrition and plant nutrients is often one of the concepts that students misunderstand. This is proven in documented errors found in standardized test questions. Students hear the term “plant food” and take that term literally, believing that plants eat …
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Food Production: Fact or Fib?
Brief Description The difference between fertilizer and pest control chemicals is often one of the concepts that students misunderstand. This is proven in documented “man in the street” interviews and focus groups. Students and adults hear the term fertilizer and their first reaction is toxic. …