Lesson #1 Take a trip to the Lighthouse Beach and observe the plant life near the water and the fish that swim there. Clear cups should be taken so that some samples can be brought back to class. The things they may collect are small marine animals and plants maybe even some sand to build a shore scene in class. This would be be accompanied by a written report explaining the project. Emphasis will be put on how these items are connected.
Key vocabulary words were used in the lesson. The student who comes up with most of them in a minute will get a special privilege or treat.
To improve research skills, a list of the vocabulary words what page they are found on and what part of speech they are will be developed by the teacher. As the words are called out individually, the one who finds the page first and gives the stated information gets a point. The ones who get the most receive a treat.
Lesson #2 Get two more glasses of milk . Put a determined amount of strawberry syrup in each glass and less the students guess how many drops were put in. This could be used as a math/estimation game and who ever comes closest to the correct number of drops can have a glass of flavored milk.
Go to the pond across the street and get a jar full of the water. Compare it to a jar of water taken from the classroom sink. Make a Venn Diagram and contrast and compare the two waters.
Lesson #3 Draw a picture of a tooth that has been eating poor nutritional foods. Also draw those foods. Draw another picture with a tooth that has been eating healthy, nutritious food and those foods. Unhealthy foods may have a negative effect on our stomachs, skin, and fatty tissue but they may also do a lot of damage to our teeth. Posters or charts may be obtained from a local family dentist illustrating the harmful effects of a poor diet on teeth. Pictures of healthy and unhealthy foods can be cut out of magazines like Better Homes and Gardens, Vegetarian Times, and others.
Have the students make a healthy snack pizza. Use a rice or popcorn cake. Spread peanut butter or applesauce on it raisins and coconuts and apple slices can be arranged any way on the snack for pizza. EAT!
Lesson #4 & 5 Plan a trip to the agricultural center on Huntington and Prospect in New Haven. Students can see plants that require much light and other that require very little. Some plants must be watered and fed often while others require little care. Hopefully they will be shown seed being planted, small plant being transplanted and maybe some food item taken from the plant.
Develop an A to Z book of healthy snacks, from avocado slices to breaded and baked zucchini sticks.
Cook some the of the meal in class together.
Make place mats and have the children dress for the dinner. What a great way to demonstrate etiquette and table manners.
Be sure all the lessons have been entered into student journals.