CROP-tacular!

Students will be creating a 'Crop Page' that they'll hyperlink to their individual "electronic student portfolio." This will be an extension to their "Student Power Point Portfolio.

On this page they will:

1. Name the crop (title)
2. List 5 facts about the crop (List as bullets, numbered, or in a paragraph)
   

Possible items to include within these facts:

• foods or items that this crop is used for
• where this crop is grown (you might also include a map)
  
• whether this crop is grown in our area
• a picture off the web (label: Soybeans)
  
• facts about the crop
• stories that may help you understand about the crop better (Little Red Hen)

Extended Possibilities For Extra Credit:

• Include a photo with you and the "crop" that you have chosen
• Bring this "crop" to school to show the class

Here's A List of Field Crops If you need some suggestions: (many I have never heard of...does anyone know of any ag experts from the area that would like to speak to our class)

Fiber, Fuel, Edible and Industrial Oils...

• Borage
• Broomcorn
• Canola
• Castor beans
• Comfrey
• Corn (for oil)
• Crambe
• Cuphea
• Flax
• Guayule
• Jojoba
• Kenaf
• Lesquerella
• Lupine
• Meadowfoam
• Milkweed
• Perilla
• Safflower
• Sesame
• Sunflowers
• Vernonia

Food Grains, Pseudocereals, Legumes, etc....

• Adzuki beans
• Amaranth (food and feed)
• Barley
• Buckwheat
• Dry edible beans (fieldbeans)
• Einkorn
• Emmer
• Field peas (food and feed)
• Garbanzo beans (chickpeas)
• Hops
• Indian corn
• Jerusalem artichokes (food and feed)
• Kamut
• Lentils
• Malting barley
• Mung beans
• Organically grown grains of all types
• Peanuts
• Pearl millet
• Popcorn, white and colored
• Psyllium (medicinal)
• Quinoa
• Seed production - registered and certified seed, turfgrass, etc.
• Sesame (seeds)
• Sorghum (syrup)
• Soybeans, incl. natto soybeans for tofu, tempeh; and Edible soybeans (edamame)
• Spelt
• Triticale
• Wheatgrass
• Wild rice