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OBJECTIVE Students understand the role of plant matter and microorganisms in building healthy soil. Students are able to plant a cover crop ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How can we build soil? MATERIALS NEEDED Legume plant with roots and nodes Cover crop seed Cover crop PowerPoint PROCEDURE Introduction: You guys are newly in charge of a bed in […]
OBJECTIVE Students will be able to determine what seeds need and plan a garden ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do seeds grow? Why is it important to know where our seeds come from? What do seeds need? How can we make change through our food system MATERIALS NEEDED Seed packets. Approx. 30 different crops.Index cardsCrop plan template […]
OBJECTIVE Students will act out how plants help each other grow Students will plant companion plants ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Why do we plant different plants together? How can plants help other plants? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction: Ask students what it means to be a friend. Explain that humans are not the only living things that have […]
OBJECTIVE To discover how New England colonists survived with limited means through bartering, hard agricultural work, and reliance on crops like hulless peelcorn oats. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What role did oats play in colonial history? How does food build community? MATERIALS NEEDED Pre-made Porridge (oats, molasses, water/milk, cinnamon stick), crock-pot, bowls and spoons, oat seeds, seed […]
OBJECTIVE Students will be able to identify the food that the colonists ate and the reasons why these crops were typical for Colonial America ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What did the early colonists eat? Where did their food come from? Why and how did their diets differ from the Old World? Why was the harvest season so […]
OBJECTIVE Students will press apple cider ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What foods are in season in the fall? What foods do I eat? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction: Gather students in a circle around the cider press to make observations. What do you notice? What shapes do you see? What are the parts? What do they do? Perhaps […]
