With low-cost food supplies and urban bias, is it any wonder that affluent consumers don't understand the food supply each year in its entirety, and expanding it further for the nearly 80 million mouths that are born into this world each year? — The late Norman Borlaug, Nobel Peace Prize winner (1970), wheat breeder and former professor, Texas A&M University, in a 2001 speech at Tuskegee University.
This reader explores how the cattle rancher is really a grass farmer. The better they manage their grass resource, the better their cattle will do. This reader talks about the cycle of ranching and the skills a person in ranching uses. Twenty-five precent of the earth is grasslands, this reader show student where those grasslands are located and what they are called. Students put a pencil to figuring out how much feed a cow will need to be fed. Then it discusses the role of protein in our diet.
This reader discuss where water comes from and the water cycle. It explores how water is used in Colorado. It discusses weather, climate and drought. It has a Watershed Defender's game that students can play to learn about water pollution as they play the game. It discusses the impact of drought on farmers and ranchers. It discusses water rights in Colorado.
This reader explores the various career opportunities related to the use of natural resources. It explains what activities are performed in the various careers. It how show how students can learn about these various careers through internships and youth activities. It also discusses why mining and minerals are important to us. It uses a literacy activity for student to learn about sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks.
Electricity is being used all around us. This reader discusses the spread of electricty across the nation. It gives a timeline of development from the 1900 to the present. It discusses what electricty is, how it is created and that electricity is created from other energy sources. It introduces the type of business call cooperatives. This system helped to bring electricity to rural areas. It also discusses renewable energy resources.
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The Colorado Foundation for Agriculture has created the first of a series of classroom posters that bring to life the story of agriculture and water in Colorado. Free to Colorado teachers, these three posters (24” x 36”) also include student worksheets, instructions for teacher-led activities and a listing of local, state and federal resources to help students better understand where their food comes from.
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