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\n\nAre you eating as healthily as you can? In this BrainPOP movie, Tim and Moby examine the ins and outs of organic food. Discover what makes organic food organic, and how it differs from non-organic food. You'll find out which government organization is in charge of regulating organic labels and about the laws controlling what can be labeled organic. Plus, you can learn about the benefits and drawbacks to organic farming, as well as what its supporters claim about the health benefits of organic food. So microwave yourself a nice bowl of organic, fair-trade popcorn and enjoy the movie!\n

Great find. Brain Pop is a great site with plenty of useful information on a variety of topics for educators. And I'm not just saying that because I sit on the Brain Pop Advisory Board. http://www.brainpop.com/about/advisors/

I LOVE BrainPop!! great post!!

Explains why organic foods may have higher nutritional value than conventionally grown food and when it is worth paying the price for organic foods

interactive tour of an organic farm. students must find 8 things about organic farming and why they are beneficial to our environment.

Article from Vegetarian Times magazine

This is a brief article from Vegetarian Times magazine. It addresses some questions about the benefits of buying organics, which are often more expensive.

Article from Proquest from the Orlando Sentinel that argues an organic label does not imply that is healthier.

Hi Heather, great job finding, sharing and commenting on resources on Diigo! I would like to make one suggestion. You will notice that the title of this bookmark is "Document View - ProQuest", which is what Diigo automatically puts in as a title when you bookmark the article. Since this is too generic and not very helpful to let other students know what the article is about, it would be useful to edit the title (either at the moment you are bookmarking or after) to include the actual title of the article. Again, thanks for your great contributions to the course.

Clearly compares the benefits of organic grown foods and the conventionally grown foods. Short and easy to read for kids.

I like how this website has kid-friendly search engines listed!!

Hi Heather, great job finding, sharing and commenting on resources on Diigo! I would like to offer a couple of suggestions. You will notice that above that the site that you bookmarked here is www.kidinfo.com. While it's true that this is the main site where you found the article "Organic Foods Are They Safer?, by bookmarking only the front page of the site kidinfo.com instead of the specific page with the article that you want it makes it so that anybody clicking on the link above will still need to navigate the site in order to find this specific article instead of being able to click on the link and going directly to the page. Unfortunately Diigo does not provide a way to edit the address (URL) of sites you have already bookmarked, so if you wanted to make this change you would have to delete the bookmark by clicking on More and then "Delete this Item" above and after you would need to find the article again and re-save it to Diigo. A second suggestion is to add several other tags beyond the required "BGWOrganicSearch" or "BGWSearchTools". For example, the above reference article may discuss specific themes related to organic foods, for example safety or pesticides. By adding the tags "Safety" or "Pesticides" it helps to build a library of tags within Diigo that can be used to quickly differentiate articles based on sub-topics. To add additional tags to bookmarks that are already on Diigo you can click on the More above and then Edit. Again thanks for your great contributions to the course. Please let me know if you have any questions on the suggestions above.