Cranberry Tasting

OBJECTIVE Students will know cranberries grow in Massachusetts  Students will taste fresh cranberries, dried cranberries and cranberry juice Students will reflect on how they feel about a food they have tasted ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What is a native fruit? What foods and flavors do I like? MATERIALS PROCEDURE Introduction: Ask students if they know any fruit […]

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Cranberry Harvest

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to act out an action associated with cranberry farming Students will be able to answer questions about key details from the cranberry harvesting photos Students will know where cranberries grow ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What is a native fruit? What tools do farmers use? How has farming changed over time? MATERIALS PROCEDURE […]

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Cranberry Building

OBJECTIVE Students will observe how cranberries bounce and feel Students will have fun playing with cranberries ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What is a native fruit? How do different plant characteristics help them survive? How do the foods that grow in a region impact the people and environment in that area? MATERIALS PROCEDURE Introduction: You can start this […]

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Cranberry Bog Game

OBJECTIVE Students will act out cranberries bouncing, getting harvested and growing in a bog Students will be able to use vocabulary words associated with cranberries including: bog, harvest, wet harvest, dry harvest, sorting machine, and hopper ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What is a native plant? How do different plants characteristics help them survive? How do the foods […]

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Animal and Machine Job Matching

OBJECTIVE Students will understand that animals and machines help farmers complete jobs on a farm Students will recognize how machines and animals can complete the same job in different ways ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are farms for? What are there animals on farms? What jobs do farmers do? MATERIALS PROCEDURE Introduction: Ask students: “Why do you […]

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Squash Seed Counting

OBJECTIVE Students will count the number of seeds in a winter squash. Students will understand seeds can grow into plants. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Why do plants make seeds? What seeds do people eat? MATERIALS PROCEDURE Introduction: Introduce students to the winter squash or pumpkins that you brought in. Read How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin by […]

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