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- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students examine possible pesticide exposure in their fruit and vegetable consumption. They compile fact sheets exploring various organic food issues and interview their parents about the food choices they make for their Students. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 10th
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Students view a video which explores the following statement. "You are what you eat." They discuss the food industry, organic foods, and healthy food choices. They chart what they eat on a daily basis and make plans for healthier options. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students explore economic issues around organic farming. They see what standards are required to be certified organic, why people have to pay more for organic food and why more people are people choosing organic foods. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students study food chains, producers, consumers, and decomposers. They play a food chain game and create food chain mobiles or posters. They take a nature hike around the school and observe various parts of a food chain. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students calculate the amount of pesticide in selected foods to determine if the levels are safe. After reading articles about pesticides, they discuss the risks of pesticide residue in foods and the benefits of eating organic foods. They keep food diaries and determine their potential pesticide exposure. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the interactions between organisms living in a specific environment. With a partner, they create a food web based on one type of organism in their assigned habitat. They must label the primary and secondary producers and consumers and complete a worksheet to end the lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 5th
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Students examine an industrial disaster in India which affected the food for generations to come. In groups, they research the history of pesticides and place them into groups based on the type of pests they control. They partcipate in a game in which they determine what might happen to different foods when pesticides are placed on them. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students investigate a salt marsh. Then using a teacher provided information sheet, they take notes of information to be used to create a graphic organizer of a food web. The web is written on the worksheet and the students answer questions that are provided. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 12th
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Students explore controversy around genetically modified foods, identify source of controversy, and role play town hall meeting on genetically modified foods, to examine viewpoints and arguments for and against genetic modification. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students calculate the amount of pesticide residue in selected foods for two pesticides and determine if these levels are safe. They read an article about a research study looking for metabolites of these pesticides in children. Finally, they use this information to determine if organic food is worth the extra cost. Full Review »
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