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Preserving the Powerful Pepper

Students preserve peppers to create their own probiotic food, observe properties of preserved foods and states of matter changes that occur, and discover the health benefits of probiotics.

Grades
3 – 5
Estimated Time
50 minutes
Updated
January 24, 2023

Background

Lesson Activities

Recommended Companion Resources

Credits

Author

Mandi Bottoms | California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom

Acknowledgements

  • Contributing Writers and Editors: Liz Baskins, Judy Culbertson, Mindy DeRohan, Len Fingerman, Hayley Lawson, Brenda Metzger, Judee Sani, Sue Squires
  • Funding for this lesson was made possible by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service through grant 17-0275-022-SC. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Health/Nutrition
    • Health Standard 1: Comprehend functional health knowledge to enhance health.
      • 1.5.2: Describe benefits of practicing health-promoting behaviors.
    • Health Standard 7: Demonstrate observable health and safety practices.
      • 7.5.1: Demonstrate age and developmentally appropriate observable health and safety practices.