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Winter Squash: Sink or Float?

Provided by: Center for Ecoliteracy |Published on: November 1, 2022
Lesson Plans Grades 3-5

Synopsis

  • This hands-on lesson about California-grown squash includes directions for a squash taste test, a squash buoyancy test, a vocabulary list, and worksheets to print for your students.
  • Students will enjoy this fun lesson, which can span one or two 50-minute periods.
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Subjects: Science, English Language Arts, Health
Authors: Center for Ecoliteracy
Region: North America, USA - West, United States, Global, California
Languages: English

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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.