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Grade 2 - How we organize ourselves

From Farm To Table

Central Idea:
Many foods need to be transported and/or processed before they reach our tables.

An Inquiry Into:
- The way foods are transported
- Why foods are processed
- The steps involved in processing foods

Online Catalogue

Call Number Title

  • VID 332.1 Piggy Banks to money markets. Gives an idea of what happens with all the money that goes to the bank, also deals with saving and giving. Shows kids running their own businesses.
  • VID 332.4 All the money in the world. When Quentin gets his wish for all the money in the world, he gets a pack of troubles too. Quentin gains new-found appreciation for the things in life money can't buy.
  • VID 332.4 Making money. Professor Hoody takes viewers on a tour of an engraving bureau to show how metal and paper are turned into coins and paper money.
  • VID 332.4 Money rock. Dollars and sense -- $7.50 once a week -- Where the money goes -- Tax man Max -- Walkin' on Wall Street -- This for that -- Tyrannosaurus debt -- The check's in the mail. A series of fast-acting musical vignettes teach money facts.
  • VID 337 Economics in our age series : Supply and demand. Goods and services -- Supply and demand -- Factors of production and economics systems.
  • VID 581 Magic School Bus gets Planted. When the vine that Phoebe is growing for the school production of Jack and the beanstalk isn't as big or strong as she would like it to be, Ms. Frizzle teaches her about plants, how they eat and grow.
  • VID 630 Agriculture for children. What is agriculture? -- Growing our food -- Where food is grown -- From farm to table. Learn about the exciting journey food takes as it makes its way from farms to our table. See how crops are grown and harvested, prepared, packaged and transported to stores and how technology has influenced all phases of food production.                                                                                                           
  • VID 630 Farming. Follows the production of crops from plowing and planting to harvesting and transporting them to market and learns how farmers are aided by modern machinery. The film also takes students to several farms that raise animals and provide the meats we see and eat every day.
  • VID 630 Steve Powell, farmer. Steve Powell and his son Collin harvest corn, put it on conveyor belts to sort it, then truck it to market - but not before some of it makes it to their dinner table.
  • VID 637 Milk & cookies. Two friends visit a farm to see where milk comes from & then a dairy to see it processed & sold. Then its off to the Keebler cookie factory to see how cookies are made.     
  • VID 637.1 Vrrroommm!: dairy farming for kids. Dairy farmer Bill tells what it is like to live and work on a 700 cow dairy farm.                                                                  
  • VID 812 Alexander, who used to be rich last Sunday. Although Alexander and his money are quickly parted, he comes to realize all the things that can be done with a dollar.
  • DVD 812 Bread is for eating. Explains the process of creating bread in a song sung in English and Spanish. See how bread is a staple in every culture, from a Hopi woman making blue cornmeal bread, to an East Indian restaurant where bread is baked in a tandoori oven
  • VID 812 Clarissa. (En Espanol) Clarissa, una simple vaca marron, ayuda a un grupo de animales domesticos perdidos a encontrar su camino a la feria mostrandoles que es valiente y creativa. Incluye informacion factual acerca de Wisconsin, la vida en la granja y los productos lacteos.