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Ag teachers, I try to use a variety of video/DVD materials in my classroom to enhance instruction. While I do not use all these videos, all the time, or even in their entirety – I have found that they usually stimulate good classroom discussions with my students. Also, rather than spending an entire class period on a video, sometimes we watch a video over a period of several days. I have created worksheets for all the videos that I use in class and I would be happy to share them with you. If you are interested, please send me an email and I will forward you a copy of the student video sheet and the teacher answer sheet. FEATURED VIDEO/DVD OF THE WEEK: Mold and Fungus – Modern Marvels (2008) This video includes: • A look at mold and fungus and how they grow and reproduce • Mold in the house and how it is treated and controlled • Mycorrhizae (fungal and plant partnerships) • Role of fungus in decomposition and soil creation • Several crops damaged by fungus (corn, grapes, wheat) • Scientists working to use fungi to battle fungi and control insects • Fungal foods, including tempei and quorn, and fungus in cheese production • Mushroom growers in Pennsylvania • Gathering wild mushrooms (such as morels and truffles) • Psychoactive mushrooms • Fungi and human disease and antibiotics • Using fungi to recycle human waste and to produce myco-diesel fuel Description from The History Channel: “Fungus is definitely among us. They live within our bodies, grow beneath our feet and sometimes on them, float in the air we breathe, and help create many of the foods and beverages we consume. We follow professional remediators as they battle millions of growing invaders, all within the walls of mold-infested homes. We see how Phillips Mushroom Farms, America's largest producer of specialty mushrooms, carefully grows over 35 million pounds of various colorful fungi every year. We'll get high with magic mushrooms, get sick with deadly mushrooms, and get well with penicillin: all fungi. We visit scientists, looking for ways to use fungi to fuel our car and clean up hazardous waste. Yes, the lowly fungi may be the salvation of mankind.” You may purchase a DVD of Mold and Fungus – Modern Marvels through The History Chanel. It is $ 24.95. Here is a link: http://shop.history.com/detail.php?p=108101&v=history_show_modern-marvels - Libby Lintel Other video worksheets available: A Man Named Pearl (Pearl Fryar – SC topiary artist) A Different Kind of Grocery Store – 60 Minutes looks at Whole Foods Market Agriculture – America’s Most Crucial Industry American Harvest (Immigrant labor in Agriculture) Broken Limbs (Apples in Washington and Sustainable agriculture) City Farmers (Urban agriculture) Farming the Seas (Aquaculture) Fertilizer – Modern Marvels Gimme Green (Turf/Lawn Industry) Guns, Germs, and Steel (History of Agriculture) HOME (Global, environmental film) King Corn (Modern corn production and processing) Our Daily Bread (Industrial Agriculture) Ripe for Change (Agriculture in California) The Amazing Story of Kudzu Water – The Drop of Life – Farms and Factories Libby Lintel Horticulture Teacher Kennesaw Mountain High School ********************* IMPORTANT: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email in error, please notify the system manager or the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to anyone or make copies thereof. *** eSafe scanned this email for viruses, vandals, and malicious content. *** **********************