Download This Full Lesson: Before the Blueberries
Essential Question: How did glaciers help create the perfect home for Maine’s wild blueberries?
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Explain how glaciers change the landscape.
- Describe glacial till, glacial outwash, striations, erratics, and moraines.
- Explain why Maine’s blueberry barrens formed where they did.
- Explain how geology influences agriculture.
Extension Activities
- Soil and Sustainability Lesson – National Agriculture in the Classroom
- Soil / Water Interactive Maps – National Agriculture in the Classroom
- Wild Blueberries for ME – Maine Agriculture in the Classroom
Materials
- Reading: Before the Berries: Maine’s Glacial Past
- Handouts: Compare/Contrast, Glacial Vocabulary
Maine Learning Results
- Science: MS-ESS2-1, MS-ESS3-1
- Social Studies: Geography A.1
- ELA:1, R.2, R.7, R.11, W.2, SL.1