9th Archives - Food Education

You Are What You Eat

Students will learn about different ingredients that can be used in a trail mix, reflect on how their ingredient choices are the result of their unique backgrounds, and understand their family’s food history and the foods that make up their family’s specific culture.

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.

Where in the World? Food Sources and Origins

Students will learn more about geography by identifying areas of the world where food is produced, identifying networks of food movement, and making inferences about how food goes from farm to table.

What’s In Your Hot Chips?

Students will better understand nutrition labels and healthy alternatives by comparing and contrasting nutrition labels from two brand name snack foods (chips) and by creating their own healthy version of hot chips using a variety of spices.

What Am I Eating?

Students will use the skills of comparing and contrasting to evaluate nutrition labels (functional/informational texts) of a variety of foods.

Unusual Food Options

Students will understand the impacts of agriculture on the environment and identify foods that are better for the environment by learning about and tasting alternative food sources such as seaweed and grasshoppers.

The Angles of Honey Bees

Students will learn about and calculate angles in nature by learning about honey bees’ “waggle” dance and tasting various samples of honey.

Seasonality: Everything In Its Own Time

Students will practice reading and math skills while creating a unique recipe using seasonal ingredients in order to learn about seasonality.

Refugee Camps & Cooking

Students will create a recipe similar to one that could be in refugee camps, identify ways to be more understanding of others’ relationship with food.

Pizza & Neighborhoods

Students will research neighborhoods in their city and create a signature pizza representing a neighborhood/area of their choice.

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