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The Amazing Soya Bean

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Book meta-data
  • Reading Box: Silver (Levels 23-24)
  • Year: Three
  • Fiction/Nonfiction: Non-fiction
  • Theme/Topic: Food, Health, Life science
  • Genre: Explanation
  • Strategy/Skills: Using texts as models, Summarising, Asking and answering questions
  • Page Count: 32
  • Reading Level: 23
  • Item Code: 200233
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  • Curriculum Codes: ACELA1479, ACELA1484, ACELY1678, ACELY1679, ACELY1680
Reader Description

People have grown soya beans for thousands of years. Today, they are even grown in space. Why are soya beans so amazing? Why are they called the miracle crop?

After you have completed the Reader

On page 17, a flow diagram shows how soya beans are processed to make different kinds of food. Choose another product such as rice or milk. Using the flow diagram in the book as a model, draw a flow diagram that shows how this product is processed.

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