A Fruit Is A Suitcase

OBJECTIVE Students will understand fruits protect their seeds Students will taste pomegranate Students will understand fruits have seeds ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What foods do I eat? What is a seed? MATERIALS PROCEDURE Before the lesson, put the pomegranates, knife, cutting board and book in the suitcase so students don’t know what is inside. Introduction: Start the […]

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Seedfolks

Part 1: Sprouts in a Bag Objective: Understand seed germination and the parts of a bean seed.Activities: Part 2: Seedfolks, Chapter 1 Objective: Discuss food traditions and practice interviewing.Activities: Part 3: What the World Eats/Seedfolks, Chapters 2-3 Objective: Compare food cultures from around the world.Activities: Part 4: Food Journal/Seedfolks, Chapters 4-5 Objective: Reflect on personal […]

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Little Red Hen- Breadmaking

NOTES Lesson One- Introduce Little Red Hen OBJECTIVE Students will understand what bread comes from a plant called wheat. Students will understand that we can make bread. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Where does bread come from? MATERIALS NEEDED  “Little Red Hen” by Jerry Pinkney Cards with animal characters from the story (dog, rat, goat, pig). PROCEDURE Lesson […]

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Pollinator Garden Planting

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to relevent words from observations about the garden Students will be able to transplant flower starts ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do we plant a pollinator garden? How can we capture the experience of the garden in a poem? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction: Ask students: what do we already know about pollination? […]

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Worm Stories

OBJECTIVE Students will translate knowledge about worm’s anatomy, habitat and needs to survive into drawing and story telling. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What do worms look like? What do they eat? How do they get around? What do they like to do? MATERIALS NEEDED Book Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin, Plastic plates to put worms, […]

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Butter Making

OBJECTIVE Students will learn how to make butter ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Where does food come from? Where does butter come from? What is butter? How can we feed ourselves? What happens on a farm in winter? MATERIALS NEEDED An old-fashioned butter churn or picture of onePer group:• Whipping or heavy cream at room temperature, approximately one […]

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