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Designing Bean Seed Packets
Provided by: Center for Ecoliteracy |Published on: October 29, 2022
Lesson Plans Grades 3-5
Synopsis
- This hands-on (and delicious) lesson centers around California-grown beans and will teach students about where food comes from, how to save seeds, the history of bean cultivation, and nutritional benefits of beans.
- Students will make a seed saving packet using the included PDF diagram, perform a taste test of different bean varieties, and learn how to preserve and plant seeds.
Subjects: Science, Social Studies, English Language Arts
Authors: Center for Ecoliteracy
Region: North America, USA - West, United States, Global, California
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This lesson plan includes learning opportunities, vocabulary lists, reproducible worksheets, templates for bean seed packets, and step-by-step teacher directions.
- Students will enjoy the opportunities for creativity and the hands-on nature of the lesson.
Additional Prerequisites
- This lesson plan requires quite a few materials to complete, including printed worksheets, dry beans, clear cups or containers, and potentially cooking materials for a bean taste test.
- You can substitute beans from your local area instead of California-grown beans.
Differentiation
- Cross-curricular connections can be made in health classes studying nutrition or social studies classes considering the types of produce grown in different locations.
- This lesson would work well in the spring when students can grow their beans in an outdoor garden, if available.
- As an extension, have students create seed packets for other types of produce that grows in their area.
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About the Partner Provider
Center for Ecoliteracy
The Center for Ecoliteracy advances the teaching and modeling of sustainable practices in K–12 schools. The organization builds partnerships and the capacity of K–12 schools to support healthy, sustainable school communities and food systems change in schools. The Center for Ecoliteracy leads systems change initiatives, publishes original books and resources, facilitates conferences and professional development, and provides strategic consulting. The organization works at multiple levels of scale, with local, regional, state, and national programs.
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