Download This Full Lesson: From Common Land to Commodity
Essential Question: How did wild blueberries become one of Maine’s most important agricultural commodities?… view full description & alignments
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Download This Full Lesson: From Common Land to Commodity
Essential Question: How did wild blueberries become one of Maine’s most important agricultural commodities?… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: War and the Rise of the Cannery
Essential Question: How have history, technology, and innovation shaped the foods we eat today?… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: The Colonists
Essential Question: How did colonists adapt what they learned in Maine?… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: People of the Dawn
Essential Question: How do different beliefs about land influence the way people care for it?… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Before the Blueberries
Essential Question: How did glaciers help create the perfect home for Maine’s wild blueberries?… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Investigating Insects
Lesson Description: Students become entomologists by observing insects in their nearby surroundings. After observing and analyzing, they learn by playing a game how some insect interactions can be useful to people.… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Gifts from the Sun
Lesson Description: Through creating and improvising, students learn the components and basic process of photosynthesis.… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Gala Fiesta Jamboree
Lesson Description: Students explore the role of celebrations in diverse cultures, their class, and the local community. After interviewing community members about favorite celebrations, they research various cultures’ harvest festivals and prepare a celebration presentation for the class.… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: From Apple Cores to Healthy Soil
Lesson Description: A composting experiment reveals to students how soil organisms, temperature, air, and water are able to decompose organic waste and enrich soil.… view full description & alignments
Download This Full Lesson: Buzzy, Buzzy Bee
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