Plant Sale: Reading A Seed Packet

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to locate important growing information on a seed packet Students will record important growing information about how to grow seeds for the plant sale ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do I grow food? What do plants need to grow? MATERIALS PROCEDURE This is the second lesson of the plant sale unit. Before […]

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Herb Valentine

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to write three details about an herb of their choice ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS MATERIALS PROCEDURE Introduction: Tell students that with Valentine’s Day coming up, we are going to write a love letter to the herbs we have been studying. We have to show the plants love, too! Brainstorm with students a […]

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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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