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Agriculture
Eggs
Food Safety
Poultry
Agriculture
Science for Kids is sponsored by the Agricultural Research Service. Designed for children ages 8-13, the Web site explains how science affects everyday life and why it can make an interesting career. The Spanish version is available by selecting this
American Agriculture: The Greatest Story Never Told: Check out BASF's eye opening video about farming in America!
The Voice of Agriculture - American Farm Bureau: Farm Bureau Store offers teachers guides and educational materials for grades K -12.
Bureau of Labor Statistics: From junior high to college and beyond, students and teachers can use BLS to aid in their homework and course planning. Students can use our data in their career exploration and to help with their homework. Teachers can use our resources to enhance curriculums using real world examples such as the latest statistics on employment, prices, and wages. 
Eggs
Embryology in the Classroom:This Web site was developed by PennState University, to support the National 4-H Curriculum Embryology project material and help you - the teacher, the project leader, or the individual doing an independent study - become more familiar with the details of embryonic development.
The Georgia Egg Commission publishes this free 8-page activity booklet that includes egg fact coloring pages, games, puzzles, and recipes in addition to six individual coloring pages.
United Egg Producers'The Egg Safety Center, provides education on ways to further reduce the incident of food-borne illness related to egg products.
Food
Safety
Food Safety and Food Security: What Consumers Need to Know is designed to help educate consumers regarding food safety. The 15-page brochure is available in English or Spanish. It was produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service. The brochure offers useful tips for safe food preparation and for keeping foods safe from contamination. For more information, call (888) 674-6854.
Become a Food Detective: New Mexico State University, in conjunction with the University of Virginia and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has created a "fun-packed" site to help teach children about food safety and bacteria.
 The Partnership for Food Safety Education Web site has a special section for educators. It includes food safety fact sheets, information on creating a seasonal food safety education campaign, a community action kit, a public service announcement, and a copy of BACTALK, the group's newsletter.
 The Food Safety Educator, produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service, is a free newsletter that deals with food safety issues. To order a subscription, send an e-mail to FSIS outreach.
The Federation of Animal Science Societies offers FASS Facts on Biotech Crops: Impact on Meat, Milk and Eggs. The brochure was created to share science-based information with those interested in food animal and crop production. The brochure is available on the FASS Web site.
The American Museum of Natural History sponsors Infection Detection Protection. This site, specifically geared to children, includes general information on microbes and a "Bacteria in the Cafeteria" section.
Cooking for Groups: A Volunteer's Guide to Food Safety provides safe food handling information for volunteer cooks. The 40-page publication targets information to cooking facilities that frequently aren't covered by the same food codes that apply to commercial food service. It can be downloaded from the Food Safety and Inspection Service Web site.
 Safe Food for the Hungry is a newsletter and Web site for staff and volunteers of emergency feeding programs. Every issue has a "recipe" section that focuses on safe use of federally donated foods. For more information, access the Purdue Extension Web site.
Poultry
The Meat and Poultry Communications Alliance has developed a Web site that offers meat and poultry nutrition information. The site includes sections on dietary fat, protein, weight loss and portion size, a recipe section, frequently asked questions, and a list of third-party experts. It is located at www.meatpoultrynutrition.org.
 The
following resources are available
from the Delmarva Poultry
Industry:
Chicken: From the Egg to Your Table is a teacher resource manual that includes information and activities for use in Pre-K to third grade. Word searches, coloring sheets, and math and language activities will help students better understand how chicken goes from the egg to the table. The first copy is free for teachers.
Thinking Chicken is a 11-minute downloadable video designed, by the Delmarva Poultry Industry, to help fourth grade students gain an increased awareness of chicken, its production, and its importance to the Delmarva peninsula.
Delmarva's Chicken Industry: From Family Farms to America's Tables is a 13-minute downloadable video intended for use with adult, general public audiences. The video provides viewers with insight into the economics and importance of Delmarva's chicken industry and highlights positive ways in which the chicken industry works to protect the environment.
Auburn University Department of Poultry Science has developed Virtual Chicken, a downloadable video. Is the exploration of the reproductive system of a hen, showing the formation of an egg as it passes through the oviduct. Viewers see the oviduct in the context of the larger anatomy, explore the oviduct and follow the path of the formation of an egg.
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