Radish Pickling

OBJECTIVE Students will understand the pickling process and work cooperatively with their team to make a batch of radish pickles ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Where does food come from? How are fresh foods preserved? MATERIALS NEEDED Sliced radishes Flavorings: cilantro, parsley, peppercorns, cinnamon sticks, garlic cloves Vinegar Sugar Cup measure and teaspoon for each team Map of […]

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Power Bites

OBJECTIVE Students will know some healthy foods ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What foods are healthy for us and make us strong? MATERIALS NEEDED Bowl, spatula or mixing spoon, measuring cups, wax paper, puffed rice, puffed kamut, coconut, honey, sunflower butter, sunflower seeds, dried fruit. You can also substitute any of these ingredients for your own favorites- try […]

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Making Salad

OBJECTIVE Inspire joy and excitement for preparing and eating food out of the garden. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are our favorite foods? What do we like to eat on salad? What’s growing in our garden? MATERIALS NEEDED Lettuce, green garlic, peas, and other salad-making materials from the garden, Extra salad making materials just in case there […]

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Herb Unit

OBJECTIVE Students will learn some of the uses for herbs. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are herbs? What are they used for? Do we eat herbs? What is the connection between taste and smell? Objectives: Students will learn about the connection between taste and smell. What herbs are growing? How do types of herbs look different? How […]

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Salad Garden Planting and Poetry

OBJECTIVE Students will understand how plant a garden and be able to write poetry with the garden as a topic ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do we grow food ourselves? What can we experience with all our senses in the garden? MATERIALS NEEDED Garden poem examples, Word Harvest worksheet Lettuce Kale Chard starts Pea and radish seeds […]

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Salad Garden Eating and Celebration

OBJECTIVE Students will try fresh vegetable produce ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What do we grow in the garden? How can we prepare a garden snack? MATERIALS NEEDED 2 big bowls for lettuce and massaged kale salad; 4 small bowls for feta cheese, dried fruit, sunflower seeds and dressing; plastic bag; lemon juice, olive oil, rice vinegar, honey, […]

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