1. Flyer for ARS' Sci4Kids Web Site - This web site in English is geared to kids 8-13 years of age with a teacher component with classroom activities. Although the first screen of this web site remains the same, the stories behind the initial screen do change.  The web site has lots of sound effects, animation, and color to try to keep the children's attention.  Just double click wherever a hand appears on the first screen, and see what appears on the next screens! Contact Dianne Odland, Information Products & Services Branch, at either 301-504-1633 or Dianne.Odland@ars.usda.gov   (Updated 7/15/05).

2. CD Rom of ARS' Sci4Kids web site - The Information Staff will "print" a CD of the Sci4Kidswebsite for you to use at a booth that doesn't have Internet hookup. This web site is geared to kids 8-13 years of age with a teacher component with classroom activities. Although the first screen of this web site remains the same, the stories behind the initial screen do change. The web site has lots of sound effects, animation, and color to try to keep the children's attention.  Just double click wherever a hand appears on the first screen, and see what appears on the next screens! Contact Dianne Odland, Information Products & Services Branch, at either 301-504-1633 or Dianne.Odland@ars.usda.gov   (Updated 7/15/05).

3. Whiz Kid Activity Packet, *slightly revised October 2000*, of assorted ag research-oriented activities and quizzes designed for science teachers of students in middle school and high school.  *Another idea: The quizzes can be copied and used at applicable Fair Exhibit Booths. For example, the Science in Your Shopping Cart Quiz and the Barnyard Fun Quiz have both been used at applicable Fairs to entice kids to the Exhibit Booth!* Everything is reproducible!  It is downloadable from the ARS Web Site and make copies (Updated 7/15/05).

4. Coloring page of the Sci4Kids web site in English for pre-schoolers and young children.  Contact Dianne Odland, Information Products & Services Branch, at either 301-504-1633 or Dianne.Odland@ars.usda.gov.  It's also downloadable from the ARS Web Site  (Updated 7/15/05).

5. News You Can Use flyer of a number of helpful ARS web sites. In particular, a number of teachers have found the photo web site, available at "Image Gallery" at the ARS Web Site, very helpful for use on bulletin boards and in classroom activities. All the photographs are downloadable! Contact Dianne Odland, Information Products & Services Branch, at either 301-504-1633 or Dianne.Odland@ars.usda.gov   (Updated 7/15/05).

6. Science in Your Shopping Cart and booklet designed for students of high-school age and older showing the amount of science, ARS' science, that has gone into the products in your grocery store shopping cart and promoting the concept that science is all around us everyday!  Contact Gwen Hubbard, Information Products & Services Branch at either 301-504-1670 or gwen.hubbard@ars.usda.gov.  It's also downloadable from the ARS Web Site   (Updated 7/15/05).

7. Past issues of Agricultural Research magazine. The latest issue or past issues with "local" articles and/or covers may be requested. For your information, one full box contains 250 copies of Agricultural Research magazine. Contact Dianne Odland, Information Products & Services Branch, at either 301-504-1633 or Dianne.Odland@ars.usda.gov   (Updated 7/15/05).

8. Free Subscriptions to Agricultural Research magazine. You may sign up people to receive free subscriptions to this monthly magazine. To initiate the subscriptions, either fax the Sign-Up Sheet(s) to Dianne Odland at 301-504-1641 or send the Sign-Up Sheet(s) to:

Dianne Odland
USDA, ARS
Information Products & Services Branch
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Room 2232b
Beltsville, MD 20705-5130

9. Four Table-Top Exhibits have been developed by the Information Staff with the intent of lending them out. Each set-up Exhibit is about 39" high, 77" across, and divided into three panels. In the mailable, wheelable case, the Exhibits weigh about 50 pounds. The titles of each of the Exhibits follow. To reserve a particular Exhibit, contact Dianne Odland, Information Products & Services Branch, at either 301-504-1612 or Dianne.Odland@ars.usda.gov (Updated 7/15/05).
 

Perspectives on Agricultural Research Agricultural Research Up Close and Personal Visions of Agricultural Research Human Nutrition Research Program - Improving the Health of All Generations

10. Coloring page of the Ciencia Para Ninos web site in Spanish for pre-schoolers and young children. Contact Dianne Odland, Information Products & Services Branch, at either 301-504-1633 or Dianne.Odland@ars.usda.gov (Updated 3/05/01).  This coloring page can also be printed and copied from the ARS Web Site   (Updated 7/15/05).

11. ARS Newslink is the weekly e-mail pointer for web links to stories issued each workday by ARS. It is issued once a week on Fridays and provides a two- or three-line description of each story with the web link to the entire story. At the bottom of each ARS Newslink are instructions on how to un-subscribe. You may sign up people to receive ARS Newslink by either faxing Sign-Up Sheet(s) with e-mail addresses to Dianne Odland at 301-504-1641 or sending the Sign-Up Sheets to:

Dianne Odland
USDA, ARS
Information Products & Services Branch
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Room 2232b
Beltsville, MD 20705-5130 (Added 11/29/00)
 

12. Science Projects for Kids - When you get those calls looking for help, just refer them to Science4Kids Web Site and click on the yellow More button in the lower right corner to reach the science projects section; or go directly. The idea behind the site is to help students realize agriculture is high-tech and grounded in scientific research. One of the most popular of the project ideas so far has been one questioning how much iron can be found in various breakfast cereals. The topic comes under the category "Medicine and Health (Nutrition)."   (Added 11/29/00)