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 Tomato Challenge

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS 1-LS3-1 OBJECTIVE To appreciate varieties of fruits and vegetables and their imperfections. To practice observational skills ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Why do we grow different kinds of tomatoes? Do different tomato varieties taste the same? MATERIALS NEEDED A tomato for each student (have a variety of similarly sized tomatoes with different shades/colors, skin imperfections, […]

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Stone Soup

OBJECTIVE Students will connect the story of Stone Soup to their own school garden or local farm, and will explore the process of harvest to eating. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Where does food come from? What is hunger?Why is sharing important? MATERIALS NEEDED Stone Soup book Stone soup recipe Large stock/soup pot Stone Wooden spoonHarvest basketVegetables (preferably […]

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Squash Taste Test

OBJECTIVE To bring ourselves back to a time without grocery stores and experience the difference in taste between varieties of a crop that grows in our region. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What and how did the Native peoples of America eat?What does it mean to have many varieties of the same crop? MATERIALS NEEDED 4 types of […]

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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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