Farm-to-Kids Texas Mixed 3-5 Educational Module
Welcome to the Farm To Kids 3-5 Educational Module. This program contains six engaging lessons that use hands-on experience to teach students introductory concepts in biology while promoting healthy, local, seasonal eating. This module builds off of the introductory concepts presented in the Farm-to-Kids Texas K-2 Educational Module, but can also be taught to students who did not participate in the earlier module if they’ve received the foundational knowledge in some other way. Each lesson covers a new topic in the biological sciences and ends with a recipe that the whole class can prepare and eat together. At the end of this educational module, students should know the life cycle of a plant, what environmental conditions support healthy plant growth, and the unique role that plants fill in the global food chain.
Supply List for Farm-to-Kids Texas Mixed 3-5:
3rd-5th Grade Lessons Overview
| Lesson | Science TEKS | Main Idea | Objectives
SWBAT |
Activities | Local Food Focus | Make It | Taste It |
| 1-Plant Life Cycles | 10C | Flowers turn into fruits, which contain seeds. Seeds grow new plants of their same species. | Explore the lifecycle of a plant. | Bean Lifecycle Sequence Cards | Vegetables for dipping | Bean Dip | Bean Dip |
| 2- Soil | 7A | Soil characteristics determine what plants can be grown in an area.
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SWBAT describe differences in soil texture, color, and the capacity to retain water.
SWBAT explore the connection between soil nutrients and plant needs. |
Water Capacity Experiment, Soil Sample Observations | Root vegetables | Peeling and Cutting root vegetables | Roasted root vegetables |
| 3- Fresh Food Nutrition | 3B | Eating a variety of naturally colored food helps your body stay healthy. | Analyze nutritional labels for important information. | Nutritional Label Comparison | Colorful vegetables | Rainbow Salad | Rainbow Salad |
| 4- Producers | 9A | Producers need sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make their own food. | SWBAT draw a diagram of the inputs and products of photosynthesis. | Photosynthesis Diagram | Tomatoes | Salsa | Chips and Salsa |
| 5- Consumers | 9A | Consumers must eat other organisms for their food. | SWBAT differentiate between producers and consumers. | Producers and Consumers card sort | Broccoli, carrots
(winter vegetables) |
Pasta Salad | Pasta Salad |
| 6-Seasonality | 8A | An area’s climate determines the food that grows in that area. | Determine which foods grow during fall, winter, spring and summer | Seasonalitywheel | Raw seasonal vegetables | Chopped Salad | ChoppedSalad |
| Extra Lesson #1 | 10A | Chickens have adaptations that help them to survive. | SWBAT explore chicken genetics and describe the life cycle of a chicken. | Chicken Breed matching | Eggs | Deviled Eggs | Deviled Eggs |
| Extra Lesson #2 | 10A | Bees use adaptations such as antennae and pheromones to locate and collect food.
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SWBAT identify honeybees and the roles of bees in a hive.
SWBAT describe pollination. |
Pollination and the Waggle Dance | Honey | Peanut Honey Balls | Local Honey and Peanut Honey Balls |