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Teacher Kits and Videos
Ag in the Classroom: Middle School Edition – Teacher's Kit with 2 videos and lesson plans covering fast food, health, nutrition and careers in agriculture From Cabot Cheese. (Grades 5 – 9)
Ag in the Classroom: Elementary School Edition – Teacher's Kit with 2 videos and lesson plans covering nutrition, snacks and a trip to a dairy farm from Cabot Cheese. (Grades PreK – 6)
Ag in the Classroom Cheese Rap – An 8 minute video for elementary school students on the production of cheese, Cabot Creamery.
Elements of Sustainable Agriculture – This 1 hour 51 minute video produced by Northeast Sustainable Ag. Research program shows a viable alternative to single commodity production for some family farms. It features 19 experienced farmers from Maine sharing valuable information. (Grade 9 – adult)
Crazy About Corn Kit – This kit with activity books, video, CD and cassett tape teaches students about corn history, nutritional value and impact on many cultures. (grades K – 3)
Take a Cook on the Wild Side - 20-minute video, teacher's guide and assessment tools on the topic of Beef Safety, Nutrition and Preparation. Sponsored by The National Cattleman's Assn. in 1999. (Grade 7 - 12).
Tractors, Cotton-pickers and the stuff kids wear – 1995 Parent's Choice Award winning video teaches your students how their blue jeans came from a tiny cotton seed. Other natural fibers like silk and wool also shown. 30 minutes, (grades PreK – 5)
Tractors, Combines and things on the Grow - 1995 Parent's Choice Award winning video teaches your students the wonders of where food really comes from and how it ends up on the grocery shelves. 30 minutes ( PreK – Grade 5)
Cotton's Journey, a kit which teaches about the growing and processing of cotton. Samples of seed, bolls, pictures and more. (Elementary)
Christmas Tree Education Kit, 5 lessons on Christmas trees from the New York Christmas Tree Growers Assn., 1996
Wool: Farm to Fabric, Naturally, Kit with filmstrip & audio cassette, fiber, lessons and story of wool.
Math For Every Kid. Van Cleave, Janice. Wiley, 1991. Easy activities that make math fun. (grade 3- 7)
P.O.R.K. Academy 2002 – Swine Housing and Well Being, Stockmanship & Training – USDA produced video for the farm interested in adding swine or the student interested in swine. (Grade 8 to adult)
P.O.R.K. Academy 2002 – Swine Housing and Well Being, Practical Sow Housing System Design – USDA produced video for the farm interested in adding swine or the student interested in swine. (Grade 8 to adult)
P.O.R.K. Academy 2002 – Swine Housing and Well Being, Consumer Perspectives. USDA produced video for the farm interested in adding swine or the student interested in swine. (Grade 8 to adult)
Shingles Made in Maine – The story of a successful family forestry industry with Maine shingle mills and citizens featured. 30 minute video from Maine Assn. Of Resource Conservation and Development. (Grade 8 to Adult)
The Paper Colony – A 27 minute documentary produced in 1996. This video touches on some of the important and controversial topics dealing with forestry in Maine. (Grade 8 – adult)