Interest Approach or Motivator: Begin lesson by asking students what they have eaten so far in the day. Have them share with a neighbor all they have eaten. As a class, make a list on the board of one food or drink each person has consumed so far that day. Ask the class to think about where those items came from. Background – Agricultural Connections (what would a teacher need to know before teaching this lesson): All food students eat comes from a farm. All meat, like ham, turkey or cheeseburgers, comes from livestock animals that are often grown in Midwestern states like Iowa. Fruits and vegetables can be grown in many states, and are produced on farms. Iowa’s biggest crops, corn and soybeans, are ingredients in many common lunch and snack foods in the form of corn syrup, corn starch, and soybean oil. In fact, almost everything students eat comes from a farm, with the exception of salt, which is mined. Procedures (outline the main points, step by step activities, and the full content to be presented to students) Day 1- 30 minutes Pass out a copy of the school lunch menu provided to students. Have them look over that day’s items for lunch. Read How Did That Get in My Lunchbox? aloud to students. In groups, have students analyze the lunch menu for the day to determine all of the foods that come from agriculture. Have students decide on the source of foods that are processed, such as the hamburger bun, as well. List student answers on board. Assign each group a lunch item they will research tomorrow on the journey it took to arrive on their lunch tray. Day 2- 30 minutes Have each group visit the assigned YouTube video to watch how their food arrived on their lunch tray. Milk- Potatoes- Buns- Corn- Strawberries- Hamburger- As students watch, they need to write the steps it took for their food to get from the farm to their lunch tray. When they have finished their steps, they will meet with the teacher to go over the steps to make sure they logically make sense (may need to help them include transportation to get from the farm to the mill or factory). As student groups wait to meet with the teacher, they will watch the other videos on how food arrives on their trays.
Interest Approach or Motivator: Begin lesson by asking students what they have eaten so far in the day. Have them share with a neighbor all they have eaten. As a class, make a list on the board of one food or drink each person has consumed so far that day. Ask the class to think about where those items came from. Background – Agricultural Connections (what would a teacher need to know before teaching this lesson): All food students eat comes from a farm. All meat, like ham, turkey or cheeseburgers, comes from livestock animals that are often grown in Midwestern states like Iowa. Fruits and vegetables can be grown in many states, and are produced on farms. Iowa’s biggest crops, corn and soybeans, are ingredients in many common lunch and snack foods in the form of corn syrup, corn starch, and soybean oil. In fact, almost everything students eat comes from a farm, with the exception of salt, which is mined. Procedures (outline the main points, step by step activities, and the full content to be presented to students) Day 1- 30 minutes Pass out a copy of the school lunch menu provided to students. Have them look over that day’s items for lunch. Read How Did That Get in My Lunchbox? aloud to students. In groups, have students analyze the lunch menu for the day to determine all of the foods that come from agriculture. Have students decide on the source of foods that are processed, such as the hamburger bun, as well. List student answers on board. Assign each group a lunch item they will research tomorrow on the journey it took to arrive on their lunch tray. Day 2- 30 minutes Have each group visit the assigned YouTube video to watch how their food arrived on their lunch tray. Milk- Potatoes- Buns- Corn- Strawberries- Hamburger- As students watch, they need to write the steps it took for their food to get from the farm to their lunch tray. When they have finished their steps, they will meet with the teacher to go over the steps to make sure they logically make sense (may need to help them include transportation to get from the farm to the mill or factory). As student groups wait to meet with the teacher, they will watch the other videos on how food arrives on their trays.
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