An Annotated List of websites featuring the Inquiry Project Farming

Annotated List – Inquiry Project “Farming”

Carr, D. K. (2011, May 23). Egyptian farming. Retrieved from http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/economy/farming.htm

This site contains information on Egyptian Farming from around 10,000 BC and lists the crops and farming practices from that time. The information has key words highlighted that can be clicked on and then a video explaining the video appears and plays. The site has limited information but could be used to show the differences and likenesses of farming from then to now. The videos included on the site could be quite useful, but the information is still limited and should only be used in addition to other materials.

Eddkeman, H. (n.d.). Family around the world . Retrieved from http://www.disknet.com/indiana_biolab/farms.htm

This website provides links and information on farms from all around the world listed by country, then state or province. Some of the links on the site are very informative and helpful with farming information in different areas but unfortunately some of the links no longer work.

Farm animals. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.educationworld.com/a_sites/sites050.shtml

The Education World website provides information on farming from around the world and the country and is specifically designed for teachers. The site also has links to other farming websites that have been side marked as great for teachers. The site does seem to lean more toward animal farming though and teaching children about different farm animals.

Fieldbug. (2011, September 07). 2011 harvest [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://fieldbug.wordpress.com/

This blog has multiple posts on farming life and includes some great pictures as well as information. The posts are extremely reader friendly and interesting as they are 4^th generation farmers who started with a homestead and have grown over the past one hundred years. The farm that the blog is based on is out of Canada. There are also several links that that the blog offers that lead to other farm posts and information.

Kids farm. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.kidsfarm.com/wheredo.htm

This website contains quite a bit of information that is specifically formatted toward children. They have really great pictures and information. They also have the website broken down into interest areas which makes it easier for children and adults to seek out specific areas such as fruit, vegetables, cows, pigs, and more.

Ross, B. (2000). Farms around the world: emu week and the emu country hoedown. Retrieved from http://www.4teachers.org/testimony/ross/

This site offers information that has been obtained by teachers on information they have wanted for their classrooms and projects then published here. There are multiple different articles written by teachers on farming and how they have integrated the information into the classroom, including some of their students sample work. The site does not contain a lot of actual farming information but does have some really interesting points on how farming information can be turned into lessons and fun student projects.

Urban farming. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1913033_1915377,00.html

This site offers some really great photographs of urban farming around the world and would be great to include into lessons for students. The photos show all kinds of urban farm settings and could be used to illustrate what urban farming is and how it could be implemented even in the smallest of spaces