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Battling Food Insecurity in Your Community, Gr 6-8

Students will research an organization working to combat food insecurity.

ELA Math
Bread

Students will compare and contrast different grains used around the world.

ELA
Build Your Own Toast, Gr 6-8

Students will investigate internal and external influences while creating a recipe for toast.

ELA
Eating Pasta Together, Gr 6-8

Students will explore how food connects us to our family by writing about a personal dish.

ELA Science
Fish and the Ecosystem: A World Without Fish

Students will be able to identify the different types of food chains in the ocean and how they impact different ecosystems.

ELA
Food Advertisements, Gr 6-8

Students will learn how food behaviors are influenced by external and internal factors through looking at food advertisements.

ELA
Food for Thought: Foods that Fuel Your Brain

Students investigate “power foods” for the brain.

ELA
Food Journal, Gr 6-8

Students will explore informed food choices by creating a food journal.

ELA
Frijoles de la Olla, Gr 6-8

Students will learn how food behaviors are influenced by external and internal factors through investigating the factors that impact their food choices.

ELA
Growing and Eating Food Around the World: The Story of Rice, Gr 6-8

Students will learn about food sources and origins by watching how rice is grown and cooked in different ways around the world.

ELA
Growing Food in Soil, Gr 6-8

Students will learn about food sources and origins by
through comparing and contrasting two different types of fruits or vegetables.

ELA
Heart Healthy Eating

Students will learn how to make informed heart-healthy food choices.

ELA
How Food Deserts Affect Communities

Students will discover the negative effects food deserts have on communities and will design a grocery store to aid a community in their area.

ELA Science
Meat and Climate Change

Students will better understand how human activity contributes to climate change.

ELA
My Mix, Gr 6-8

Students will create a personal recipe for granola.

ELA
Nourishing with Nutrients, Gr 6-8

Students will learn how food impacts health by researching the importance of a specific nutrient group.

ELA
Our School Garden, Gr 6-8

Students will learn how food and the environment are interconnected through the lens of gardening.

ELA Math Social Studies
Pizza & Neighborhoods

Students will research neighborhoods in their city and create a signature pizza representing to represent.

ELA Social Emotional Learning Social Studies
Refugee Camps & Cooking

Students will create a recipe similar to one that could be found in a refugee camp, identify living conditions of refugees, recall issues that refugees face concerning food, identify ways to be more understanding of others’ relationship with food, and manipulate recipes using problem-solving skills.

ELA
Root Connections: Sweet Potatoes vs. Yams

Students will investigate the health benefits, origins, and the ways we consume root vegetables, specifically sweet potatoes & yams.

ELA Science
Salad: Solutions & Mixtures

Students will understand the characteristics of mixtures and solutions by creating their own salad dressings.

ELA Math
Seasonality: Everything In Its Own Time

Students will learn about seasonality and taste local produce.

ELA Social Studies
Tacos Al Pastor

Students will interpret and identify the sources and origins of different foods and their ingredients by analyzing immigration patterns and learning about different cultures.

ELA
Tale of a Fish: Wild or Farm Raised?, Gr 6-8

Students will learn about food sources and origins by learning how fish move from water to our table.

Math Science
The Angles of Honey Bees

Students will learn about and calculate angles in nature through the lens of honeybees.

ELA
Understanding Food Advocacy, Gr 6-8

Students will learn how we can advocate for food choices and changes that impact ourselves.

ELA
Understanding Gluten & Its Effects

Students will be able to describe what gluten is and how it impacts our health.

Science
Unusual Food Options

Students will understand the impacts of agriculture on the environment and identify foods that are better for the environment.

Health & Wellness Math
Using Math to Make Healthier Choices

Students will compare two recipes and determine the healthier choice by calculating the percentages of nutrients in each.

ELA
Why Vitamin C Is Essential, Gr 6-8

Students will investigate the benefits of Vitamin C in our overall health and wellness.

Science
Why We Need Seaweed

Students will learn about the benefits of seaweed and discover the impact that seaweed can have on climate change, the environment, and human health.

ELA Social Studies
You Are What You Eat

Students will reflect on how their ingredient choices are the result of their unique backgrounds.

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