- Judy Rank -
School: Mountain View Elementary
Students will make a paper bag puppet and list facts about cotton on the back. Teacher may choose to have facts listed or placed in a paragraph. With younger students teacher may want to use framed sentences. [ find
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- Kay Krausman -
School: Laguna Road
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- Janice Monier/CHARISM, CPR, LLC -
School:
Students will be able to learn rhythming skills, which promote phonemic awareness. Standard correlations are: Listening & Speaking, Thinking and Reasoning, and Mathmatics. The activities are based on the story book, "Can a [ find
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- John Fedors -
School:
Recording observations of cotton seed germination in a clear colorless supportive environment. [ find
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- Sandra Trapp -
School: Wishon Elementary
To relate the significance of cotton to the Civil War period and to study the cotton industry in general and its history relating especially to the Civil War period specifically. [ find
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American
Pima cotton is a
different type (species)
of cotton than most cotton
consumed worldwide. It
is a premium cotton fiber
that accounts for approximately
3% of all the cotton
grown in the United States.
Better
than 90% of all U.S. Pima
cotton is grown in
the San Joaquin Valley
of California. Pima is
a longer and stronger
fiber which is spun into
higher count yarns for
better quality apparel,
towels and sheets.
To
learn more about the
Pima crop, markets and
promotional activities
go to the Supima
Association web site,
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for animals in addition
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