Growing Paperwhites

OBJECTIVE Students will draw how a plant change over time ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What is a bulb? What does a plant need to grow? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Print out bulb observation sheets and fill one out as an example Introduction:​ Tell the children that since it’s too cold to work in the garden outside, we’re going […]

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Fruit Dissection

OBJECTIVE Students will understand that a fruit is 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 PROCEDURE Introduction:​ Play “Silent Museum” to […]

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Pollinator Game

OBJECTIVE Students will understand the process of pollination Students will be able to name some pollinators ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Who are our pollinators? What happens during pollination? MATERIALS NEEDED Activity One: Activity Two: Activity Three: Activity Four: PROCEDURE This lesson can be done over multiple days/weeks or one condensed lesson Print out flower coloring pages and […]

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Foraging

OBJECTIVE Students will gather and taste wild food Students will understand the challenges and rewards of gathering wild food 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 PROCEDURE Find sites of multiple wild edibles and create a handout […]

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Food Supply Charades

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 foods help our bodies […]

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Food Molecules

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 Bread: Butter: PROCEDURE Preheat the oven and lay out materials on a spare, […]

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