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Seed to Table Cycle Lesson
Published February 17, 2012
| Updated February 27, 2012
Subject: Science, Social Studies
Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Place of Learning: Garden Classroom, Kitchen Classroom, School Cafeteria, Academic Classroom
Resource Type: Lessons
Grade Level: Grade 1, Grade 2 , Grade 3
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This hands-on activity illustrates the stages in the seed to table cycle. Students manipulate the images of the stages in order to understand the sequence. It is a visual aid which allows students to make connections between the fragmented pieces of the food cycle.
Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Identify that a cycle is a process that returns to the begining and continues on in the same sequence
- Recognize each stage in the cycle
- Articulate the inputs and processes that take place between stages
- Identify sensory experiences with each stage in the cycle
Assessments
Students will be able to:
- Name the stages that need human interaction and describe the human activities for those stages
- Discuss their own experiences with each stage
Materials
Classroom Seed to Table interactive board
- Use a 3 foot wooden circle and paint a sun and rain drops in the middle
- Paint the words "SEED TO TABLE" inside the sun
- Cut out 11 six inch sturdy cardboard circles for the stages and paint white.
- Colorfully write and illustrate each step of cycle
- Attach velcro to each stage and the board
- Attach wire so that the board may hang
Preparation
- Explain basic plant needs
- Create seed to table board with manipulatives
Procedures
At the opening of the activity:
- Introduce the idea of a cycle
- Pass out the velcro stages in the cycle
Students work together in a group to correctly sequence the stages
- Allow children to correct mistakes
- Discuss steps to get to the next stage
Expanding Activity
This activity can serve as the opening of a curricular unit. Activities are designed around each stage, variable and link in the cycle. The visual and manipulatives help students to connect each activity to the sequence.
Additionaly, students can make their own seed to table boards.
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Comments
I love the discussion that comes from this lesson. We have done something similar at Larchmont Charter and after the students attempt to make a linear chain out of the different stages, they soon discover that it is a cycle with no real start or end. We blew up these graphics onto poster boards and had the children decorate them. They are now decorating the walls of the kitchen classroom and lunch room.