What's for Lunch?

Background
Information


Procedure

Farm & Store
Product Match-Up

Lunch Breakdown

Farming in
My State

Agricultural
Occupations

 

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What's For Lunch?

Objective
1.
The students will trace the origins of the ingredients of a hamburger from the soil to their plate.
2. The students will realize all the different jobs required to produce the food we eat and the clothes we wear.

TEKS

Grade Level 1-3
S- K.5A-C; 1.5A,B; 2.5A,B; 3.5A,B SS- K.6A-B; 1.7A-C; 2.10A-C; 3.8A-C

Grade Level 4-6
S- 4.5A,B; 5.5A,B
SS- 6.9A,B

TAKS
Grade Objectives
Reading: 3, 4, 5, 6 1, 3
Science: 5 2, 3, 4
Materials
Pencils, map colors, crayons, rulers, lined paper.
Construction paper; bun (gold), meat (brown), lettuce and pickles (green), tomato (red), cheese (yellow or orange).
"From Farm to You" activity sheet
"What's To Eat?" activity sheet
"Farm/Store Products" Matching activity
Assessment
1. Students will construct a hamburger from colored construction paper, tracing each ingredient back to its source.
2. Students will write descriptive sentences, paragraphs or a composition using the information in objective 1.