Apple Unit

OBJECTIVE Students will understand where apples come from, know some different apple varieties, and know how to make food with apples. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do apples grow? What can we make with apples? MATERIALS NEEDED Activity One: One set of apple sequence cards stapled in order for each child, one set of apple sequence cards […]

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Animals in Winter Lesson

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to describe the seasonal changes on a farm, from summer to fall to winter Students will be able to identify the changes in animals from fall to winter ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What happens on a farm in winter? What do animals on a farm do in winter? What do animals on […]

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The Potato – A brief history of an incredible tuber

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS 6.T5.b,c OBJECTIVE Understand the history of potato cultivation. Understand the significance of the potato as a food source as well as for biocultural heritage. Understand the potato as a product of thousands of years of cultivation by indigenous peoples. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What is the significance of the potato to human history? How […]

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Planting a Sensory Garden

OBJECTIVE Students will learn about each of the five senses and connect them to something in the garden ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Which senses do we use in the garden? MATERIALS NEEDED A plant/seeds for each sense, hand rakes, trowels, bagged compost (optional), laminated copy of the 5 senses scavenger hunt worksheet to use as a reminder […]

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Plant Reproduction

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS 8.MS-LS3-1 8.MS-LS3-2 OBJECTIVE To observe sexual and asexual plant reproduction by saving seeds (sexual) and cloning succulents (asexual) ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do plants reproduce sexually?How do plants reproduce asexually?How can humans intervene in plant reproduction to manipulate plant genetics? MATERIALS NEEDED Asexual reproduction:Succulent plants / geraniums / begonias or cuttings donated from […]

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Overfishing

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS 5-ESS3-1 7.MS-LS2-5 OBJECTIVE Students will understand what overfishing is, how it happens, its impact on the environment, and how to fix or avoid it. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What is the human impact on wild fish populations? How do we ‘farm’ fish? MATERIALS NEEDED Bowls, cups, sets of chopsticks, tape, forks, large spoons, a […]

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