The Leafy Greens Lesson Plans

Social Studies #3

OBJECTIVES: Students will recognize the steps that leafy green vegetables follow from the farmer's field to the consumer's table.

Maze Sheet
Printable Maze Sheet

Materials needed:

  • 5 strips of colored construction paper for each student
  • Crayons
  • Tape
  • 1 Maze sheet per student
Directions:
  1. Have students go through maze to find the steps that leafy greens vegetables follow from the farmer's field to the consumer's table.

  2. Have students write each stop in the vegetable's process on a separate strip of paper (farmers field, packing shed, distributor, grocery store, consumer's table), discussing each stop. Have students lay the strips out in front of them in the correct order.

  3. Have students tape the first strip (farmer's field) into the shape of a circle and loop the second strip through the first strip in the shape of a circle. Add the other strips one at a time to make a chain. Display chain in the classroom.

  4. Have students write a paragraph about the sequence in which they placed the different steps.

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