Origins of Corn

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS 5-ESS3-1 5-LS1-1 5-LS2-1 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 Seed catalogsIndian corn or any dried corn on husk Dried wheat For […]

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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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Build a Fish and Fish Detectives

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS 1-LS3-1 OBJECTIVE Students will learn the anatomy of “finfish” and use descriptions of the anatomy to identify certain local species of seafood ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are the parts of a fish?What are some local types of fish? MATERIALS NEEDED Sets of “fish parts” – cutouts of different parts of fish anatomy, with […]

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Intro to Fish and Lifecycles

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS 3-LS1-1 OBJECTIVE Students will understand how the life cycle of fish differ from that of other ‘farmed” animals, how they grow and develop, and think critically about how their life cycles affect how we harvest them ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What is the life cycle of a fish? MATERIALS NEEDED Life cycle cards for […]

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Cafeteria to Compost Cycle

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS 2-PS1-1 OBJECTIVE Understand what happens to our unwanted food when it leaves our cafeteria, and understand the difference between things that are compostable and non-compostable. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What is waste? How do we create and manage food waste? What is compost? MATERIALS NEEDED Cafeteria to Compost Cycle laminated pictures ( example pictures […]

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