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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Herb Unit

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to plant herbs Students will be able to describe the taste/smell of different herbs Students will be able to describe different uses for herbs ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are herbs? How are herbs used? What foods do I eat? PROCEDURE Week One- Planting Herbs Materials: Introduction: Begin by asking students what […]

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Salad Planting and Poetry

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to use their senses in the garden ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do we grow food ourselves? What can we experience with all our senses in the garden? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction: Today we are going to plant our salad garden. But we are going to do something special to keep us […]

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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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Cider Pressing

OBJECTIVE Students will press apple cider ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What foods are in season in the fall? What foods do I eat? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction: Gather students in a circle around the cider press to make observations. What do you notice? What shapes do you see? What are the parts? What do they do? Perhaps […]

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Apple Unit

OBJECTIVE Students will understand the lifecycle of an apple Students will be able to name some apple varieties Students will cook food with apples ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do apples grow? What can we make with apples? MATERIALS NEEDED Activity One: Activity Two: Activity Three: Activity Four: PROCEDURE Activity one Introduction: Explain to the group that […]

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