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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Coloring the Life Cycle of Fruits and Vegetables

For Teachers Pre-K
Students investigate how fruits and vegetables change and grow.  For this life cycle of fruits and vegetables lesson, students observe the changes in fruits and vegetables as they grow and record the colors on a worksheet.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Growing and Harvesting Fruits and Vegetables

For Teachers K
Students learn the various parts of a farm and what is grown on a farm. They also match fruits and vegetables to locations where they are grown.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where Do Your Veggies Grow?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the different ways fruits and vegetables are grown. In this vegetable growth lesson students are presented with the three ways that the vegetation occurs: leaves, roots, or branches. The students group pictures of the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Eat Your Vegetables Challenge

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this healthy diet worksheet, students read the statements about vegetables and select the answer that best complete the 11 statements.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson 3: Vary Your Veggies and Focus on Fruits

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore fruits and vegetables.  In this nutrition instructional activity, students generate a list of all known fruits and vegetables.  Students cut out and compile pages for a weekly fruits and vegetable journal.  Students...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where Food Grows

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students identify how vegetable plants grow. In this plant lesson, students brainstorm different fruits and vegetables and read the book Growing Vegetable Soup. Students visit a garden and observe how vegetables grow.
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Cooking Matters

Cooking Matters: For Chefs and Kids

For Teachers K - 8th
Get your scholars cooking with a collection of activities that pairs the class to a community chef, promotes healthy snacking and drinking, and explores fruits and vegetables. Lower elementary learners create vegetable super heroes,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where Do Your Veggies Grow?

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate the origins of vegetables. In this Science lesson plan, 1st graders identify where fruits and vegetables come from. Students describe how people utilize plants.
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Curated OER

Vegetable Soup: A Reverse Recipe

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students cook up a healthy soup. In this early childhood food and cooking lesson, students gain knowledge about healthy diets, identify a variety of fruits and vegetable, and identify the connection between food served in the home and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Seed Match

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars study seeds and plants. In this science lesson, students explore seeds from various types of plants and complete a worksheet about seeds. Young scholars discuss plants that are fruits and vegetables and where they grow.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Yum Yum: Making Vegetable Soup

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate agriculture by reading a book.  In this plant life lesson, students read the book Growing Vegetable Soup by Louis Ehlert, and examine the ingredients used in the book's soup.  Students create an experimental,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

All About Seeds!

For Teachers 1st
First graders learn all about seeds.  In this biology lesson, 1st graders discover: what a fruit is, what is inside of seeds, and how seeds are transported.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Container Gardening: Vegetable Support

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this container gardening:  vegetable support worksheet, students list vining and bush varieties of 6 vegetables, read about ways of supporting plants and list other things plants can grow on.
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App
Dr. Panda

Dr. Panda's Veggie Garden

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Friends arrive at the farm and aspiring agronomists help the farmer to grow what the friends want. With adorable animation and charming background music, little ones practice virtual gardening and farming while developing cognitive...
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Handout
Cooking Matters

Make Your Plate a Rainbow

For Students K - 8th
Different colored foods provide various benefits to different parts of the body. For example, purple fruits and vegetables can boost your memory. The worksheet incorporates the concept of healthy eating into drawing, matching, and...
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App
GiggleUp Kids

Happy Little Farmer

For Students Pre-K - 3rd
Pre-readers and primaries can help farmer rabbit to plant some delicious fruits and vegetables. From soil preparation and pest control, all the way to the harvest, little ones participate in the entire process!
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Lesson Plan
August House

The Ogre Bully

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
English language arts, math, science, dramatic arts, and cooking; this lesson plan has it all! In this multidisciplinary resource, your scholars will take part in a read aloud of The Ogre Bully by A.B. Hoffmire and have a grand...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Farm Products Help Me Grow

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students view a display of empty food containers (or illustrations). They select a food and decide as a class if it has an animal or plant origin. Students view a display of common farm animals that are commonly eaten (cow, pig, chicken,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Farming Number 6

For Students K - 2nd
In this environment worksheet, students identify and explain the importance of water and farming. They identify the differences between food items and whether they are a fruit, vegetable, or animal. Students also respond to 5 yes/no...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Vegetable Twister

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners review vegetables and their nutrient values and production. In this vegetable production worksheet, students read information about the nutrients in vegetables and how they are grown. Learners participate in a game of Twister to...
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Interactive
DocsTeach

Sequencing from Seeds to Harvest

For Teachers K - 2nd
Explore the farm to table experience in a fast-paced lesson on gardening. The activity uses image sequencing to help young scholars understand the process of growing food from seed to harvest. Academics also participate in group...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Seeds of Life

For Teachers K - 8th
Students match real seeds with the corresponding names of fruits and vegetables. They answer discussion questions, and glue the seeds on the correct squares of a chart.
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Lesson Plan
Growing Minds

Growing Minds: Cucumber Exploration

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
After reading a picture book about planting and harvesting cucumbers, learners get a chance to examine some cucumbers of their own. First, they see photographs of a cucumber on a vine, and learn that it is part of the gourd family. They...
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Lesson Plan
Growing Minds

Apple Exploration

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Turn your classroom into a farmers' market! Reading Applesauce Season by Eden Ross Lipson or Monica Wellington’s Apple Farmer Annie, launches this investigation of apples, farmers' markets, and the people selling products. The class...