Social Studies, Human Resources and Adptations

Website designed for kids to use with information on topics such as energy, pollution, eating the future, and food. It also has videos, quizzes, and fun stuff too.

My personal comments: Watchers beware! I stopped eating meat for 8 months after watching this. I started eating meat again after getting pneumonia and getting too weak. Now I try diligently to KNOW WHERE MY MEAT COMES FROM! This is the pre-made website intro: EARTHLINGS is a powerful and informative documentary about society's treatment of animals, narrated by Joaquin Phoenix with soundtrack by Moby. This multi-award winning film by Nation Earth is a must-see for anyone who cares about animals or wishes to make the world a better place.

Recommended Books that Help Children Learn about the Environment and the Natural World while Fostering Respect & Appreciation for Living Creatures Please Note: We have added links to purchase all of the recommended books at Amazon.com. Children of the Earth United receives about 5% of the purchase price of items that you add to your cart after clicking one of our Amazon links.

Maybe we should use this with our Schoolcraft friends, or StoryBird.

I always think that if you are going to show kids what kind of food is healthy, then we should teach them fun ways to eat it!

This book is a must have for parents and teachers alike! The author dedicated this book to her daughter that has been diagnosed with ADHD. The challenges of being a child whose life is sometimes so hard and the struggles of a parent trying to make the best out of both positive and not-so-positive moments in daily life are shared. I will admit I had tears when I read it, and I feel in our profession we will deal with children just like this little girl. Most importantly, we will need to find a way to help this child have the best day possible each and every day.

How bad are chicken nuggets? This makes me think twice about eating chicken nuggets.

After reading Omnivores Dilemma and hearing about the mis-truth's we are told about organic, free range, cage free food. I found this article that supports that the shopper should be wear. Is organic food good? Yes, but is the truth about it's claims the truth, it seems the truth may be stretched in the marketing.

The book Tops and Bottoms teaches children about the parts of the vegetables that have the food we eat. Some plants the food grows on top of the soil and others grow in the ground below the soil. The story teaches students about knowing your vegetables and how to run a business.

I was interested in the effects of advertising on children and happened upon this documentary. "Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products and the family car."

Why on EARTH would this girl's parents let her eat only Chicken Nuggets her entire life? The scary thing is, she's probably not the only kid out there that eats like this.

Did you know you can get free storage materials from the U on Thursdays? Come early to the next F2F and get yourself another file cabinet!

This is the home page for Joel Salatin's Polyface farm.

By answering a series of questions about major issues, you can quickly learn which candidates are most closely aligned with your views. You'll be able to learn more about each candidate and find out how your results compare with those of others who take the survey. The Select A Candidate survey is available for the 2012 Minnesota GOP Presidential Caucus. Watch for additional races later in the election season.

This is a timeline of American Agriculture.  Notice the amount of fertilizer being used, and how it changes.  It also shows the time it takes to grow a bushel of corn.  

A historical perspective of fertilizer 

Going the opposite direction of "back to basics" when it comes to food production. There are scientists working on food printers. Like an inkjet printer but it uses ingredients instead of ink.

Thanks Sharon, uff da.