Pancake Breakfast

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to identify maple syrup as one form of sugar/sweetener that is locally available Students will be able to describe the physical change of pancake batter and butter Students will be able to discuss how the we applied principles of the honorable harvest while sugaring ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What food comes from […]

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Tapping A Maple Tree

OBJECTIVE Students will tap a maple tree with adult support Students will be able to identify how many taps to place on a maple tree by measuring its circumference Students will estimate when the sap will run based on weather temperatures ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What food comes from trees? How do you make maple syrup? MATERIALS […]

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Maple Sugaring Introduction

OBJECTIVE Students will know we get maple syrup from maple trees Students will be able to identify red maples, Norway maples and sugar maples ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What food comes from trees?  How do you make maple syrup? MATERIALS PROCEDURE Introduction: Ask students, “What do you like to eat with maple syrup?” Then ask, “Do you […]

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Making Sunflower Seed Butter

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to cook a nutritious snack with adult help Students will be able to taste sunflower seeds and sunflower seed butter Students will be able to chop vegetables or fruit safely ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What seeds do we eat? What is the sunflowers lifecycle? Why do plants have seeds? Why do we […]

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Milkweed Seed Saving

OBJECTIVE Students will observe monarch caterpillars eating milkweed in the read aloud Students will understand milkweed seeds will grow and turn into food for monarch caterpillars Students will notice how milkweed uses wind to travel ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS MATERIALS PROCEDURE Introduction: Ask students if anyone has made a wish on a dandelion before? Show them a […]

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Growing Microgreens

OBJECTIVE Students will be able identify what plants need to grow Students will grow Microgreens ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What do plants need to grow? What kind of farms are there? What plants do we eat? MATERIALS PROCEDURE Introduction: Each group will be able to plant their microgreens in the place that they think will grow the […]

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