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More Than One Grain of Rice (Grades 6-8)

Students will learn about the cultivation and parts of rice while also covering subjects including mathematics, economics, and geography. Activities include reading One Grain of Rice by Demi and removing the hull, bran, and germ from grains of rice.

Grades
6 – 8
Estimated Time
1 hour
Updated
December 7, 2022
bowl of rice
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Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Debra Spielmaker | Utah Agriculture in the Classroom

Sources

  1. http://books.irri.org/9789712203008_content.pdf
  2. http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/rice/background.aspx
  3. http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/rice/trade.aspx
  4. https://cdn.agclassroom.org/ca/resources/fact/rice.pdf

Activity 3 was adapted from the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom commodity fact sheet and activity sheet Rice.

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Social Studies – Economics
    • Economics Standard 3 (Grades 6-8): Allocation
      • Objective (Grades 6-8): Evaluate different methods of allocating goods and services, by comparing the benefits to the costs of each method.
  • Social Studies – Geography
    • Geography Standard 5 (Grades 6-8): Different types of regions are used to organize and interpret areas of Earth's surface.
      • Objective 1: Different types of regions are used to organize and interpret areas of Earth's surface.