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- CampSilos highlights the development of American agriculture. Targeting students in grades 4-8, the site provides online material related to the natural prairie, pioneer farm life, early agricultural technology, the story of corn from its early Indian origins to the present, and 21st century technological advances including applications of GPS and biotechnology. Student activities and teacher lesson plans feature virtual field trips, mystery photos, group games, problem-based activities, primary source materials, scavenger hunts and history detective research activities using online resources and links to national standards.
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- Iowa, farm, corn, native american, Albert Lea, Iowa history, state bird, sod homes, sod houses, prairie fire, prairie flowers, prairie plants, bison, buffalo, state flower, natural prairie, biomes, pioneers, pioneer farm life, early settlers plant and harvest their crops, early agricultural technology, the story of corn from its early Indian origins to the present, GPS and farming, tractor, breaking plow, plow, seed corn, biotechnology and farming, hybrid seed corn, birth of baby pigs, railroad, urban sprawl, environment, corn products, grasslands, inventions, grant wood, oral history, American History collection, land grants, surveying land, settlements,GIS, pioneer food, quilts, growing season, wagon, corn cam, Rube Goldberg, maze, maize, ecology, Earth Day, log cabin, pollution, water pollution, homestead, Mississippi, Minnesota, Mississippi River, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Compass Plant, corn smut, grasshopper catcher, biotechnology, genetic engineering, ethanol, American Gothic ...