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PASCO Motion Sensor–A Must for Science Classes

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curricula for Chemistry and Physics that are NGSS-aligned. These can be applied to any number of subjects including agriculture science, biology, chemistry, Earth, engineering, environmental, Life Sciences, Physical Science, and physics. a wide variety of sensors and probes. bridge building kits. STEM modules.

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This Is Your Brain on Math: The Science Behind Culturally Responsive Instruction

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In one of the lessons , students accessed the Agriculture Department’s Food Access Research Atlas to locate food deserts in their city. Working in small groups, they described both the physical structures and city policies that prevent the development of a grocery store in the area, thus sustaining the food desert.

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How are control engineers improving the sustainability of irrigated agriculture?

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How are control engineers improving the sustainability of irrigated agriculture? As irrigation can double or even triple crop yields, technologies such as these laid the foundations for much of modern agriculture. On the other hand, climate change and competing uses for water outside agriculture impact the supply side.

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Fostering love and knowledge of agriculture and the environment

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Fostering love and knowledge of agriculture and the environment Published: Agriculture is what feeds the world, yet many people have a very limited knowledge of how their food grows and where it comes from. Agriculture in the US Virgin Islands A US territory, the US Virgin Islands are a collection of tropical islands in the Caribbean.

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With Kindergarten Readiness on the Decline, Some Districts Try New Interventions

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It destroyed thousands of homes in the agricultural towns that make up the Phoenix-Talent School District, displacing hundreds of families and closing as many businesses. Rather than reading physical books, some children are having stories read aloud to them from a phone.

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How This District Tech Coach Still Makes Time to Teach — in a Multi-Sensory Immersive Room

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I feel like, especially being Hispanic, when people see me in social [settings], they assume that I work in the fields doing migrant work, agriculture. I also order technology for the teachers and for the students — physical technology as well as learning apps. Most of the time, I don't like to tell people what I do.

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How do bacteria help and harm crops?

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Contact the agriculture or biology departments at local universities to find out if they offer outreach opportunities for high school students. If there is a local gardening group, botanical garden or horticultural society in your area, contact them to see how you could get involved to learn more about plant science.