Before We Eat: From Farm to Table
Overview
Before we eat, many people must work very hard―planting grain, catching fish, tending animals, and filling crates. In this book, vibrantly illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Mary Azarian, readers find out what must happen before food can get to our table to nourish our bodies and spirits.
Activity Type:
Video
Target Grade Level:
K-2, 3-5, 6-8
Estimated Duration:
3 minutes
Topics:
Food Systems
Possible Connections to NGSS |
Performance Expectations K-ESS3-3: Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment. 2-LS4-1: Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. 5-PS3-1: Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun. MS-LS1-7: Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism. |
Created by:
Alex Warneke
