Overview of 9 Week Food/Nutrition Class
What's on Your Plate: Tastings
Published June 18, 2012
Subject: English, Other
Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Place of Learning: Garden Classroom, Kitchen Classroom, School Cafeteria, Academic Classroom
Resource Type: Lessons
Grade Level: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2 , Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Weekly tastings are an important part of the What's on Your Plate Curriculum. Trying new foods is important for students so they can develop their palette, expand their knowledge of seasonal produce, and see the variety within a particular type of fruit or vegetable.
Materials
Useful things to have on hand:
- colander
- knife
- cutting board
- paper towels
Structures for Recording Sensory Observations
- Characteristic chart
- Venn Diagrams
- Haiku
- Compare and Contrast Paragraph
- Senses Chart
Tasting Ideas For Each Season
Fall
- melon
- tomatoes
- pluots
- peaches and nectarines
- corn herbs
- apples and asian pears
Winter
- citrus
- orange Food (carrots, persimmons, oranges)
- 2 types of persimmon
- lettuces
- brocolli, cauliflower, and romanesco
- tropical fruit
- kiwi
Spring
- cherries (Bing and Ranier)
- bread (sour, rye, foccacia, whole wheat)
- seeds (sunflower, pumpkin, corn nuts)
- peas (snap and shelling)
Preparation
Gather the necessary fruit/vegetables/other from your school garden, farmer's market or other resource. Wash and slice into easily handled pieces. Try to keep at least one of them whole so students see what the fruit/vegetable looks like (or show to students whole and then slice). Distribute and have students record sensory information in some format. Try to focus on using the 5 senses and descriptive words not opinions.
Files:
Students will investigate the amount of fat, salt, and number of serving in a variety of chips/snack foods.
Area: Academic Classroom
Type: Lessons
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This is a game we play several times during the What's on Your Plate Class? (9 week food centered curriculum for all 6th graders). It can be a 5-20 minute activity. It is high interest and very engaging.
Area: Garden Classroom, Kitchen Classroom, Academic Classroom
Type: Other
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