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Grade 5 Science and Tech Development: Food

Access to databases

To access the databases listed, you will need to log in. Links to our databases and their login credentials can be found on the library catalog's home page. Log in there with your CAC single-sign-on username and password, or using the Quick Login. If you do not know the Quick Login, contact your librarian. 

Non-fiction from our library collection

The 2 books listed below are in the MHS library. Most of the books on this topic are at a young adult or adult reading level so I have not included them here. 

TED Talks

"What if we could grow delicious, nutrient-dense food, indoors anywhere in the world? Caleb Harper, director of the Open Agriculture Initiative at the MIT Media Lab, wants to change the food system by connecting growers with technology. Get to know Harper's "food computers" and catch a glimpse of what the future of farming might look like." December 2015

Click here for more TED Talks about farm engineering.

Useful webpages and websites

Useful database articles

Infographic: Food technology