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.
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.
- Health Standard 1: Comprehend functional health knowledge to enhance health.