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Freshest Fruits

Students determine where fruits grow and their nutritional value by completing an activity to observe the size, shape, texture, and seeds of various fruits.

Grades
K – 2
Estimated Time
60 minutes
Updated
April 9, 2024

Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Shaney Emerson and Michelle Risso | California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom

Acknowledgements

This lesson update was funded by a grant from the Network for a Healthy California.

Executive Director: Judy Culbertson
Illustrator: Erik Davison
Layout & Design: Nina Danner
Copy Editor: Leah Rosasco

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Health/Nutrition
    • Health Standard 1: Comprehend functional health knowledge to enhance health.
      • 1.2.2: Identify benefits of practicing health-promoting behaviors.
    • Health Standard 7: Demonstrate observable health and safety practices.
      • 7.2.1: Demonstrate age and developmentally appropriate observable health and safety practices.
  • Science
    • 1-LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
      • 1-LS1-1: Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
    • 2-LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
      • 2-LS2-1: Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.