Foraging

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS 6.T2.3 OBJECTIVE To experience and understand the challenges and rewards of gathering food from the environment 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 Wild edibles guide, Clipboards, Baskets/cups for collecting PROCEDURE Find sites of […]

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Food Supply Charades

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS 4-ESS3-1 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 […]

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Fish Anatomy

OBJECTIVE Students will learn the anatomy of local fish Students will be able to use descriptions of fish anatomy to identify local fish ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What foods are important to my community?What are some local varieties of fish? MATERIALS NEEDED Sets of “fish parts” – cutouts of different parts of fish anatomy (1 per small […]

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Fish Lifecycle Game

OBJECTIVE Students will understand how the life cycle of fish differ from that of other ‘farmed” animals Students will understand the lifecycle of a fish ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What impact do my food choices have on the environment? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE This lesson features a game that students will play to simulate the life cycle of […]

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Eating a Rainbow Unit

OBJECTIVE Students will know that eating a variety of colors, and therefore fruits and vegetables, gives their bodies a variety of nutrients. Students will understand that a variety of foods provide for the unique needs of each of the systems in our bodies. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Why do we eat food? Why do foods have colors? […]

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Pickled Dilly Beans

OBJECTIVE Students will understand the concept of preserving food to make it last longer ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do we use plants from the garden? What foods do I eat? How do I preserve food? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Set up: Make brine- mix 1 cup water, 1 cup white vinegar, and 1 tablespoon kosher salt, or […]

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