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Title: Project Green


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Project Green
  • A tough row to hoe? I dont think sow!

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Key Definitions
  • Agriculturethe science, art, or practice of
    cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising
    livestock and in varying degrees the preparation
    and marketing of the resulting products
  • Plantingto put or set in ground for growth
  • Harvestingthe act or process of gathering a crop

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Key Definitions
  • Marketingto expose for sell in a market
  • Organic farmingrelating to, yielding, or
    involving the use of food produced with the use
    of feed or fertilizer of plant or animal origin
    without use of chemical fertilizers, growth
    stimulants, or antibiotics
  • Fertilizera substance such as a chemical mixture
    or manure that is used to make soil more fertile
  • Greenhousea structure enclosed by glass or
    plastic used for the cultivation or protection of
    tender plants

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Way back when
  • Tools used in Medieval farming included scythe,
    plow, axe, rake, shears, spade, and winnowing
    basket.

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Tools Today
  • Tractor, manure spreader, hoe, shovel, thrasher,
  • Bailer, and different types of irrigation systems.

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Scientific Method
  • Define a Problem
  • Form a Hypothesis
  • Research
  • Experiment
  • Record Data
  • Evaluate Results
  • Form a Conclusion

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What will we grow?
  • Using the guided research worksheet, surf the
    Internet sites provided in order to determine
    which crops are possible prospects for your group
    to grow and market.

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Sources Used in this PowerPoint
  • http//autumnweb.com/Roxys/ (sound file)
  • Websters Online Dictionary
  • http//www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aib780/aib780
    f.pdf (graphic of the US)
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