Friday, February 27, 2015
2/27/15
This weekend's homework is to complete the reading distributed in class and write a one page reflection answering, "Why is it important to know about where our food comes from and how it is produced?"
Thursday, February 26, 2015
2/26/15
Tonight's homework is to read about growing your own food and community garden using the following resources:
Background gardening: grow your own food, improve your health - Harvard Medical School
66 Things You Can Grow At Home - How Stuff Works
Find your nearest community garden in NYC!
Background gardening: grow your own food, improve your health - Harvard Medical School
66 Things You Can Grow At Home - How Stuff Works
Find your nearest community garden in NYC!
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
2/24/15
Tonight's homework is to continue working on your experimental question, hypothesis, and the plan you will implement this week to test it. Tomorrow you will submit your EQ and hypothesis and continue to refine your plan.
Monday, February 23, 2015
2/23/15
Tonight's homework is to complete Assignment 35 and respond to the following questions.
How has agriculture changed over the past century?
How has agriculture changed over the past century?
What are the implications/consequences of these changes to agriculture?
How should we think about agriculture? Has it been good? Bad? And for whom?
Reading from today's class - The 20th Century Transformation of U.S. Agriculture and Farm Policy (NOTE: We only read pages 1 through 8, not the whole document)
Useful Resources
The Agricultural Revolution (video clip from class)
Agriculture: The Accident That Changed the World
The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race by Jared Diamond (Discovery Magazine)
How should we think about agriculture? Has it been good? Bad? And for whom?
Reading from today's class - The 20th Century Transformation of U.S. Agriculture and Farm Policy (NOTE: We only read pages 1 through 8, not the whole document)
Useful Resources
The Agricultural Revolution (video clip from class)
Agriculture: The Accident That Changed the World
The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race by Jared Diamond (Discovery Magazine)
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
2/11/15
Tonight's homework is to complete Part 1 of Assignment 34.
Assignment #34 How Is Our Food Made? – Investigating the Origins of Common Foods
Introduction
Why is orange juice available all throughout the year (even oranges don’t grow year round)? How is cheese made? From what part of a pig do we get bacon? In many cases, we don’t know very much about the foods we commonly eat. Today and tomorrow (and throughout this unit), we will try to reverse that trend and start to investigate and better understand the origins of our favorite foods.
Procedure – Part 1
1. Review the choices and briefly discuss with your group who is going to investigate the production of each of the following foods – bread, orange juice, cheese, bacon, and mayonnaise.
2. Listen for further instructions about where students will be grouped to investigate each food.
3. Use the laptops to read, watch, learn, and record notes about the production of your assigned food. Some ideas for organizing your notetaking:
a. What are the ingredients contained in your food?
b. What kind(s) of processes are used to create your food from its ingredients? Briefly describe what occurred during each major step.
c. What new vocabulary did you learn in your investigation?
d. What interesting facts (ex. statistics) should the rest of your group know about your food/its production?
4. Prepare a very brief visual aid (ex. Prezi, Powerpoint, handout, small poster/chart) to teach the rest of your (original, normal) group about how your food is produced.
Part 2
5a. Present and teach your group about how your food was produced.
5b. Take notes while listening to other group members’ presentations.
Reflection
Answer each of the following questions to the best of your ability in complete sentences.
1. What is your reaction upon learning a bit more about where your food comes from and how it is produced?
2. What did the production of all of these foods seem to have in common? Which factors were unique for each food?
3. What lingering questions do you have about the origins and production of food?
Helpful Videos?
Swiss cheese and Goat cheese
Bacon
Orange juice
Bread
Mayonnaise
Assignment #34 How Is Our Food Made? – Investigating the Origins of Common Foods
Introduction
Why is orange juice available all throughout the year (even oranges don’t grow year round)? How is cheese made? From what part of a pig do we get bacon? In many cases, we don’t know very much about the foods we commonly eat. Today and tomorrow (and throughout this unit), we will try to reverse that trend and start to investigate and better understand the origins of our favorite foods.
Procedure – Part 1
1. Review the choices and briefly discuss with your group who is going to investigate the production of each of the following foods – bread, orange juice, cheese, bacon, and mayonnaise.
2. Listen for further instructions about where students will be grouped to investigate each food.
3. Use the laptops to read, watch, learn, and record notes about the production of your assigned food. Some ideas for organizing your notetaking:
a. What are the ingredients contained in your food?
b. What kind(s) of processes are used to create your food from its ingredients? Briefly describe what occurred during each major step.
c. What new vocabulary did you learn in your investigation?
d. What interesting facts (ex. statistics) should the rest of your group know about your food/its production?
4. Prepare a very brief visual aid (ex. Prezi, Powerpoint, handout, small poster/chart) to teach the rest of your (original, normal) group about how your food is produced.
Part 2
5a. Present and teach your group about how your food was produced.
5b. Take notes while listening to other group members’ presentations.
Reflection
Answer each of the following questions to the best of your ability in complete sentences.
1. What is your reaction upon learning a bit more about where your food comes from and how it is produced?
2. What did the production of all of these foods seem to have in common? Which factors were unique for each food?
3. What lingering questions do you have about the origins and production of food?
Helpful Videos?
Swiss cheese and Goat cheese
Bacon
Orange juice
Bread
Mayonnaise
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
2/10/15
Tonight's homework is to choose/develop a question related to food production and then research its answer in order to write a page in response. Here is a link to the reading from class today.
Questions from class
11AC
How do food production companies deal with waste? Is waste reused in (or as) food?
Why don't we know where our food comes from?
How much of my food is "natural?"
What does it mean for food to be "natural," "artificial," or "organic?"
Which chemicals are used to grow fruits/vegetables?
What types of chemicals are used in food processing (ex. fast foods)?
Why does all food from a chain (ex. McDonald's) taste the same?
How does food last so long?
How do GMOs affect our food supply?
What occurs in slaughterhouses?
12AC
How is meat processed?
Where do Rice Krispy treats come from?
How do foods last so long? What are the effects of different preserving methods?
What's the deal with applesauce?
How are farms able to keep producing more and more food over time?
Why do we grow more grains than vegetables?
Where can we purchase different types of foods (ex. organic, etc.)?
Why don't companies sell/people buy more "natural" food?
What does it mean for food to be "natural," "artificial," or "organic?"
How is milk produced? How are foods made with it?
Questions from class
11AC
How do food production companies deal with waste? Is waste reused in (or as) food?
Why don't we know where our food comes from?
How much of my food is "natural?"
What does it mean for food to be "natural," "artificial," or "organic?"
Which chemicals are used to grow fruits/vegetables?
What types of chemicals are used in food processing (ex. fast foods)?
Why does all food from a chain (ex. McDonald's) taste the same?
How does food last so long?
How do GMOs affect our food supply?
What occurs in slaughterhouses?
12AC
How is meat processed?
Where do Rice Krispy treats come from?
How do foods last so long? What are the effects of different preserving methods?
What's the deal with applesauce?
How are farms able to keep producing more and more food over time?
Why do we grow more grains than vegetables?
Where can we purchase different types of foods (ex. organic, etc.)?
Why don't companies sell/people buy more "natural" food?
What does it mean for food to be "natural," "artificial," or "organic?"
How is milk produced? How are foods made with it?
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