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Lesson Description: Through hands-on, interdisciplinary activities, students learn about pumpkins as fruits and as food sources.… view full description & alignments
Buzzy, Buzzy Bee
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Lesson Description: Students play a game in which they pretend to be honeybees and apple trees. In the process, they learn about plant pollination.… view full description & alignments
Aquaculture Lesson (K-5) – 6. Water Quality Monitoring
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Activity Description: Water tests are identified and conducted over time to note changes that may occur. Trends may be identified and results graphed.… view full description & alignments
Let’s Grow Potatoes
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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
Aquaculture Activity – Maine Waters Used for Aquaculture
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Aquaculture Lesson (3-5) – Investigating Salmon & Trout
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Lesson Description: After reading Aquaculture for ME, students will work in small groups and research either salmon or trout with regard to their natural habitat and their life cycle. Groups will analyze the differences and similarities between the two species and create a model of the life cycle of either salmon or trout. Students will discuss the differences between the natural and aquaculture environments and how “finfish farmers” cope with problems of a changing environment. Students will also present information in picture and bar graphs and solve word problems.… view full description & alignments
Wild Blueberries for ME (Pre-K-2)
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Brief Description: Wild Blueberries for ME describes the history, growing and harvesting of this important Maine crop. After reading aloud, students will be involved in English Language Arts and Health Education activities.
*The book is available online at www.TeachMEFoodandFarms.org/resources for your computer or smart board if you do not have it in your classroom.… view full description & alignments
Seed Germination Competition
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Brief Description: Students will sprout seeds in different conditions to learn how seeds germinate.
Taste Testing
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Brief Description: To build awareness of where food comes from and to encourage children to eat healthier, locally grown foods.
Fiber Maine-ia 8 – Maine Fiber Today
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Activity: Discovering Maine’s Fiber Producers, Processors, and Artists
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Brief Description: Students will research the revival of Maine’s Fiber industry with the establishment of small farms and mills. Using a map of Maine students will use computers to visit specific web-sites to learn about modern Maine fiber production.