This document is a 3rd grade report about farm tools and machines. It contains sections that define what a farm is, describe several common farm tools like tractors, buckets, combines and their purposes. Individual pages provide images and explanations of each tool, including how tractors pull loads, buckets are used for milking cows, and combines harvest crops. It includes a review quiz and links to a related farming video.

1. Tools and Machines
Jamie Winterburn
3rd grade Social Studies
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2. About the Author
 Hi! My name is Jamie Winterburn and I am from
Hudsonville, MI. I go to Grand Valley State University
and I am studying elementary education with an
emphasis on Social Studies. In my free time I enjoy
hanging out with my friends and golfing.
 To contact me: chicklit707@hotmail.com
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 You may click on any of these links to go to which farm tool you would like
 About the Author
 What is a farm?
 Tractor
 Bucket
 Combine
 Crop Duster
 Planter
 Haybine
 Hayrake
 Hay Baler
 Review
 Video
 Resources
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4. What is a farm?
 Can anyone tell me what farming is? What kinds of
tools and machines do you see on a farm? Do any of
you live on a farm?
 Farming is the business of cultivating land.
 Farm tools and Machines are very helpful in farming.
There are many different kinds of tools and machines
that all have their own function on the farm.
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5. Identifying a farm tool and how it
is used
TRACTOR
Tractors are used
for pulling heavy
loads.
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6. Identifying a farm tool and how it
is used
BUCKET
Cows are milked twice a day
on the farm. The milk is
squeezed into a bucket.
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7. Identifying a farm tool and how it
is used
COMBINE
A combine is used
for harvesting the
crops when they
are ready.
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8. Identifying a farm tool and how it
works
CROP DUSTER
Crop dusters fly over the farmers fields to
spray them with pesticides.
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9. Identifying a farm tool and how it
works
PLANTER
A planter puts
thousands of
seeds in the
ground at once.
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10. Identifying a farm tool and how it
works
HAYBINE
A hay bine cuts the
hay when a field is
done growing.
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11. Identifying a farm tool and how it
works
HAY RAKE
After a field is cut, a
hay rake rakes the
hay into rows for it
to be bailed.
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12. Identifying a farm tool and how it
works
HAY BALER
A hay baler gathers all
the hay from the rows
in the field and puts
them into square bales
or round bales.
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13. Review
 What does a crop duster spray the fields with?
 What does a hay rake do?
 Which farming machine carries heavy loads?
 Which farming tool is used for squeezing milk
into?
 What farm machine bales hay?
 Which machine plants seeds in the ground to
grow?
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14. Farming Video
 Click to see the video
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVoF8-0zVmo
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