Fruit Dissection

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS 1-LS1-1 1-LS3-1​ OBJECTIVE Students will understand the concept of fruit as anything with seeds in it. Students will infer that the size of a fruit does not indicate the size or amount of seeds. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Where do seeds come from? How are seeds and fruits different from one another? MATERIALS NEEDED […]

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Pollinator Game

OBJECTIVE Students will understand the process of pollination and why it’s important. Students will be able to name some pollinators. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Who are our pollinators? What happens during pollination? Why do plants need it? MATERIALS NEEDED Activity One: Black and white pictures of flowers for children to color in, markers/colored pencils, colored chalk, printed […]

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Foraging

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS 6.T2.3 OBJECTIVE To experience and understand the challenges and rewards of gathering food from the environment ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are the challenges of foraging? What are the benefits of foraging for food? What was life like for hunter-gatherer societies? MATERIALS NEEDED Wild edibles guide, Clipboards, Baskets/cups for collecting PROCEDURE Find sites of […]

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Food Supply Charades

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS 4-ESS3-1 OBJECTIVE Students will understand the amount of time and energy that goes into growing produce. Students will understand that more resources are wasted when we waste food beyond the food itself. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What do we waste when we throw out food? MATERIALS NEEDED What are our favorite fruits and vegetablesWhich […]

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Food Molecules

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS 8.MS-LS1-5 8.MS-LS1-7 OBJECTIVE Students will learn how molecules react in physical and chemical changes through examples of familiar food by baking bread and making butter ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are food molecules?How can we change carbohydrates, proteins, and fats when we make food? MATERIALS NEEDED Tablecloth or cutting boards for small sanitary workspaceLarge […]

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Build a Fish and Fish Detectives

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS 1-LS3-1 OBJECTIVE Students will learn the anatomy of “finfish” and use descriptions of the anatomy to identify certain local species of seafood ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are the parts of a fish?What are some local types of fish? MATERIALS NEEDED Sets of “fish parts” – cutouts of different parts of fish anatomy, with […]

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