Adventures in Time and Place

Adventures in Time and Place
Grade 4: Regions
Infographic #3: Economy of the Southeast
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1. Discover how a Florida orange becomes juice in your glass. Go to The Story of Florida Orange Juice.
http://members.aol.com/citrusweb/oj_story.html

Read about how Florida oranges are grown and processed into juice.
As you read, click each link.
Click the Back arrow to return to The Story of Florida Orange Juice.

Online Activity: From Tree to Juice
Each section below shows the steps for making Florida frozen concentrated orange juice. The steps in each section are not in order. Type the numbers 1 to 4 in the blanks in each section to order the steps in the process.

HARVESTING

          A special truck, called a “goat,” transports the oranges to a tractor-trailer.

         The tractor-trailer brings the fruit to a processing plant.

         Oranges ripen on the trees.

         Oranges are tested and harvested, usually by hand.


PROCESSING PLANT

          Juice extractors squeeze the oranges.

         The oranges are approved, washed, and graded.

         Concentrated juice is piped to a tank farm and prepared for transport.

         The juice is pushed through a finisher to remove pulp and seeds.


PACKAGER TO CONSUMER

         Cans are sold at retail stores.

         Concentrated juice arrives at the packaging plant from the processing plant.

         Mix concentrated juice with water and enjoy a refreshing glass of orange juice!

         Concentrated juice is put into cans and sold to a store.

2. Take a close look at North Carolina’s number one industry. Go to Kid’s World - General Ag and History.
http://www.agr.state.nc.us/cyber/kidswrld/general/index.htm

Click NC Agricultural Overview and read the first three paragraphs.
Look for a symbol on the map that stands for the agricultural commodities assigned to your group: Field Crops, Livestock, Poultry, Fruit and Vegetables, Greenhouse and Nursery, or Aquaculture.
Click the symbol and read about the products. Then click the Back arrow.
Read the rest of the page.

Offline Activity: Grown in North Carolina
With your group, write a short report about the agricultural commodities that you researched. Describe the different products that you read about. Tell why those products are important to North Carolina’s economy. For example, you could find out the number of people who work in jobs producing that product or the amount of money made from its sales. Draw pictures of the products to include in your report. Share your work with your classmates.