Lessons & Resources for Educators
Download This Full Lesson: Identification and Taxonomy of Seaweed
Lesson Description: Students will hone their identification skills by examining and identifying common types of seaweed found along the Maine coast. Review may be in the form of a competitive game.… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Kelp Anatomy
Lesson Description: Through a variety of activities, students will learn the structure and function of kelp anatomy. Comparisons to plankton are made and buoyancy, density and surface area are explored.… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Aquaculture Equipment
Lesson Description: This activity utilizes a game to identify what is needed to grow seaweed. Students will design an aquaculture rig and compare to actual rigs used in kelp farming. Students will make diorama models or work together to make a rig that will be placed in the water. Students will also begin their Seaweed Journal.… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Introduction to Aquaculture
Lesson Description: Through class discussion, examination of resources, a game and YouTube video, students will explore aquaculture and identify areas that they would like to study in depth. Estimated time: 30 minutes… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Investigating Potatoes
Lesson Description: Students will work in small groups and with Maine maps, find the areas of the state where potatoes are grown on a large scale. They will research the nutritional and health benefits of potatoes as well as the economic importance of potatoes to Maine. Students will interview a local farmer about his potato crop, challenges faced by potato farmers and write a news article about potatoes.… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Lets Grow Potatoes
Lesson Description: Students will work in small groups to research the life cycle of potatoes and learn about the growing process from a local farmer. They will plant, care for, measure growth of plants and chart the growth of the classroom potatoes.… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Lets Grow Carrots
Lesson Description: Students will work in small groups to research the life cycle of a carrot and learn about the growing process from a local farmer. Groups will make a poster with the steps for planting carrots in containers; then students will plant carrots and care for them until ready to harvest. After harvesting, students will make a carrot snack for the class to enjoy.… view full description & alignments
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Investigating Carrots
Lesson Description: Students will work in small groups and, using a world map, will follow the journey of carrots from their point of origin to North America. They will research the nutritional and health benefits of carrots and combine this information with the history in an illustrated whole-class book about carrots. Students will prepare carrot questions to ask a farmer who participates in their local Framer’s Market.… view full description & alignments
Download This Lesson: Plant, Harvest, Eat
Brief Description: Students partner with a local farm to bring food full cycle, from seed to crops, from harvest to table. Students plant, grow and harvest food crops for the cafeteria and learn about the growing process in the classroom. After harvesting the school purchases the local produce from the farm and school nutrition experts whip up delicious recipes for all students to enjoy.
Download This Lesson: The Incredible Edible Soil
Lesson Description: Soil is the foundation of our whole food system, but is often cast aside as “just dirt.” This hands-on lesson allows students to explore the composition of soil and why it is so important, looking at different soil samples and then building their own edible “soil.”
