What We Eat

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to draw what foods they like ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are our favorite foods? What foods are good for our body? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE IntroductionAsk students if they can think of an example of a food that makes them feel good. Tell students that we will work on a project to […]

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Veggie Prints

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to make prints using different vegetables as stamps ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are our favorite fruits and vegetables? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE IntroductionAsk students what their favorite fruits and vegetables are. Hold up examples of the different fruits/vegetables you have brought in for stamps and see which ones the kids recognize. Explain […]

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Squash Unit

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to make art with squash seeds Students will be able to compare the amount of seeds in three different squash Students will be able to taste a recipe made with squash ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are squash? What can we do/make with squash? What is the lifecycle of a squash plant? […]

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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 PROCEDURE Introduction: Today we are going to pickle radishes just like we talked about last week. But the first thing we […]

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Power Bites

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to make power bites ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do foods make us feel? What foods give make us feel energized? MATERIALS NEEDED You can also substitute any of these ingredients for your own favorites- try oats, raisins, dried cranberries, dried apples, dried dates, maple syrup, agave nectar, cinnamon, ground ginger, pumpkin […]

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Making Salad

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to collaboratively prepare and eat food from 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 PROCEDURE IntroductionWe are going to celebrate the end of our year together. We will harvest what we’ve been growing! […]

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