Overfishing

OBJECTIVE Students will explore what overfishing is Students will explore solutions to overfishing Students will understand overfishing has negative environmental impacts ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do the food choices we make impact the people and environment? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Before the Lesson: Mix the beans and grains into bowls (one bowl for each group) Introduction: Begin […]

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Origins of Corn

OBJECTIVE To discuss human impact on the environment through corn from colonization to today ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How has modern corn come to be? How do humans impact our environment? How does our environment impact us? MATERIALS NEEDED For Tortillas: PROCEDURE Lay out tortilla materials in an assembly line with room for students to work, boil/heat […]

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Foraging

OBJECTIVE Students will gather and taste wild food Students will understand the challenges and rewards of gathering wild food 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 PROCEDURE Find sites of multiple wild edibles and create a handout […]

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Adaptation and Domestication Game

OBJECTIVE Students will learn that plants and animals have behaviors and structures that increase their chance to survive and reproduceStudents will learn the difference between natural selection and artificial selection ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How are characteristics of plants and animals passed down? How do animals and plants help to ensure their survival? What is natural selection […]

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