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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Food Supply Charades

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 foods help our bodies […]

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Fish Anatomy

OBJECTIVE Students will learn fish anatomy 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 PROCEDURE Before the lesson, cut out the different parts of a fish from “Fish Parts”. Write the name […]

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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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Cafeteria to Compost Cycle

OBJECTIVE Students will understand what happens to our unwanted food when it leaves the cafeteria Students will 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 PROCEDURE Set up the 3 compost buckets with hand shovels […]

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Build a Landfill

OBJECTIVE Students will understand the difference between aerobic and anaerobic Students will compare the environmental impacts of landfills versus composting ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Why should we compost food waste instead of throwingit away? MATERIALS NEEDED One 5-gal bucket with a lid, or 10-12 plastic containers(Tupperware, large soda bottles, etc.) with tight lids.Soil, food scraps, whiteboard or […]

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