Kids
Space!
New
Web Site Shows Kids
How Ag Connects to Everyday Life
Children
around the country and the world can visit a new web site to
see why science knows no boundaries. The
site highlights work by USDA scientists who search overseas for
natural controls to weed and insect pests, as alternatives to
pesticides. To get their jobs done, some scientists rode elephants,
coped with leeches, and watched out for tigers and rhinos, all
the while meeting and working closely with people from vastly
different cultures. More...
Looking
for Something to Celebrate?
Try National Pig Day on March 1st
Okay, so you've
dutifully celebrated Valentine's Day and Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday.
Must you now settle into a Lenten lull in the celebrations calendar
until St. Patrick's Day on March 17 and National Ag Day on March
20, the first day of spring?
Don't despair!
There is always National Pig Day on March 1. Check out the web
site Pork 4 Kids at http://www.pork4kids.com/.
Designed
by the National Pork Producers Council, this site has plenty
of interactive ideas for kids and teachers. Try building a cyber
sandwich or making a wearable chef's hat. Take a tour of a hog
farm with Michael and Bethany or view a cartoon based on the
food pyramid. Just go hog wild!
Kids
Can Have a Field Day with Web Site
The
Kids' Field Day Web site will help non-farm kids understand the
importance of agriculture in everyday life. The site was developed
by Jim Shroyer, a crops specialist with Kansas State University
Research and Extension. Shroyer said, "My goal was to make
sure non-agricultural people realize that there's more to agriculture
than meets the eye. There's a lot of science that goes into making
a box of Cheerios or Wheaties." Check it out at www.oznet.ksu.edu/fieldday/kids/. |
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