Lesson | Science TEKS | Main Idea | Objectives
SWBAT |
Activities | Local Food Focus | Make It | Taste It |
1-Plant Products | 7D | Plants provide humans with food, clothing, shelter, and other essentials for living. | SWBAT identify plant products and sort them into categories. | Sorting Plant Products | Fruit | Cutting Melons,
Apples, or Citrus depending on season |
Fresh fruit |
2-Roots and Stems | 10A | Roots have a variety of tastes and textures. | Explore differences in types of roots and peel root vegetables. | Parts of a Plant Foldable | Root vegetables | Peeling root vegetables | Roasted root vegetables |
3-Leaves | 10A | Leaves can have a variety of tastes and textures. | Identify the parts of a plant and their functions.
Chiffonade leaves. |
Sorting Edible Plant Parts | Greens | Chiffonade Leaves | Salad |
4-Seeds | 10C | Food can be preserved through pickling. The life cycle of a plant starts with a seed. | Identify the parts of a seed embryo. | Bean Dissection | Pickling vegetables | Pickles | Sun pickles |
5-Food Advertising | 3B | Advertisers use many techniques to sell messages about food.
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Find hidden messages in food ads. | Analyzing food ads. | Vegetables that can be eaten raw | Collard Wraps | Pickles |
6-Optional:Farm Life Cycles | 10C | Farmers must address all the needs of animals on their farms. Farm animals have babies, live, and die on the farm, and the cycle is repeated. | Identify parents and offspring of farm animals.
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Farm Life Cycle Cards | Eggs | Egg Salad | Egg Salad |