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FoodMASTER: Vegetables

Students measure the weight and length or circumference of various vegetables, classify the vegetables based on plant parts, explore chemical reactions from cooking colored vegetables in acidic and basic water, and use a variety of vegetables to prepare soup.

Grades
3 – 5
Estimated Time
Three 45 minute sessions plus optional activity
Updated
January 23, 2023

Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

FoodMASTER

Acknowledgements

  • Created by: FoodMASTER (Food, Math, and Science Teaching Enhancement Resource)
  • Sponsored by: SEPA (Science Education Partnership Award)
  • Partnered with: Ohio University and East Carolina University
  • Graphics provided by FoodMASTER

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Science
    • 3-LS3: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
      • 3-LS3-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
    • 4-LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
      • 4-LS1-1: Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.