The Keep North Dakota Hunger Free "Weeding Team"

Nutrition Fun

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.drpbody.com/images/vegetables.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.drpbody.com/veggies_ex.html&h=585&w=573&sz=48&tbnid=8mwdc-PIffVwIM:&tbnh=227&tbnw=222&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dvegetables&usg=__EM1KA2rgh2a-6lsM8KyKm6_FOXw=&sa=X&ei=GNIoTIqKKMvsnQeQiMyoAQ&ved=0CCoQ9QEwAA

Fact Monster on Vegetables

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0781697.html


Here's a fact:
•Actually a fruit, it took a ruling by the Supreme Court in 1893 to make the tomato a vegetable.

Fruit and Vegetable Worksheets

http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:SwbfvDL_hHYJ:www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov/downloads/explore_worksheets.pdf+vegables+worksheets&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgA0dgEH1Ldk2I5-G1urNXJoxCouuwmNfxbIOOorMTfF9XMJHmY0OAxhiQAU8BPVMZyngAYKwmbKMltTJFVthl9gNnvZBXT_8QjnBwotqIqsh-JWTp-27EZ_nxdaKw_lhO76Up_&sig=AHIEtbRWYHyNca_SfVXvMgm8NMcLAVTpaQ

Name That Vegetable

http://www.parapal-online.co.uk/picture_dict/vegetables.html

Square of Life Project

Check out this international project...  "Square of Life".

http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/squareproj/index.htm

Including school flower and vegetable gardens would be a great addition when completing this project.  When my students did this, they created their own squares.  They were very creative and very different.  They brought every thing from wood squares, to piping squares, to sticks with strings on the end. 
The students sketch, chart living and non-living items in your square.  Students are given different jobs within their groups as you study your square, and then compare it to other students' work in other parts of the world. 

We also had the opportunity to communicate with other schools.  Some schools found the Ralph Englestad Hockey Arena to be of great interest, home of the Fighting Sioux.  Your letter of introduction will allow you to share information about your school, city, state, tourist industry, high lights, etc...

I like comparing data with the schools with items very different from what we would find.  Deserts areas were very interesting for us to hear about, and finding things like seashells in their square was cool too.


http://education.ed.pacificu.edu/squareoflife/  Here is an example on one in Oregon.

How about some additional projects to check out.http://www.ciese.org/engineeringproj.html

http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/squareproj/asp/schoolslist.asp  Participating schools for Spring 2010.  You can sign up fall and spring.

Watch Us Work at the Garden

Our class will continue to meet this summer to plant and tend our garden for others in need.  We started our planting in May.  We will continue to get together to weed and harvest, have guest speakers to inform us about weeds and insects.  We have a small fence up to keep out the rabbits, and we'll be singing "ag" songs and reading stories about gardening.  We're hoping Bambi finds something else to munch on!