Making Sunflower Seed Butter

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to cook a nutritious snack with adult help Students will be able to taste sunflower seeds and sunflower seed butter Students will be able to chop vegetables or fruit safely ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What seeds do we eat? What is the sunflowers lifecycle? Why do plants have seeds? Why do we […]

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Milkweed Seed Saving

OBJECTIVE Students will observe monarch caterpillars eating milkweed in the read aloud Students will understand milkweed seeds will grow and turn into food for monarch caterpillars Students will notice how milkweed uses wind to travel ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS MATERIALS PROCEDURE Introduction: Ask students if anyone has made a wish on a dandelion before? Show them a […]

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Pest and Pollinator Game

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to name common garden pests Students will be able to name common pollinators Students will be able to name characteristics of insects ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Why is it beneficial to have pollinators in a garden/on a farm? How can the practices a farmer uses help or hurt insects on their farm? […]

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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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