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Essential Question: How did wild blueberries become one of Maine’s most important agricultural commodities?… view full description & alignments
War and the Rise of the Cannery
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Essential Question: How have history, technology, and innovation shaped the foods we eat today?… view full description & alignments
The Colonists
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Essential Question: How did colonists adapt what they learned in Maine?… view full description & alignments
People of the Dawn
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Essential Question: How do different beliefs about land influence the way people care for it?… view full description & alignments
Before the Berries—Maine’s Glacial Past
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Essential Question: How did glaciers help create the perfect home for Maine’s wild blueberries?… view full description & alignments
Managing Pests
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Lesson Description: Students analyze the advantages and disadvantages of pest-management techniques and use a problem-solving model to evaluate alternatives for specific pest management issues.… view full description & alignments
Investigating Insects
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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
Gala Fiesta Jamboree
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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
Breads Around the World
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Lesson Description: Students learn the cultural and nutritional significance of bread throughout the world by working in groups to solve a logic-matrix activity.… view full description & alignments
Till We or Won’t We?
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Lesson Description: Students construct and perform experiments simulating rain on a field, investigating how soil preparation, tillage techniques, and mulches affect soil erosion and water runoff.… view full description & alignments