Students sample a variety of tomatoes during a classroom presentation.

Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch has developed simple and fun educational activities for the classroom designed to engage students' senses as they explore the world of food.

There are many ways to
inspire young people to be 'adventurous eaters' and to develop curiosity about where their food comes from.

The classroom lessons and other educator tools listed below are adaptable to many ages and settings. We hope they can enhance food education in your classroom!

Elementary level lessons:

• Apple Tasting
  
• Seed to Harvest
• Introduction to Fresh Food Units
• Food and Nutrient Cycle Unit:
  Unit Overview
  Roots to Fruit Apple Lesson
  Decomposition Lesson
  Food Origins: Deconstructing a Cheeseburger
  Pumpkins and Their Kin
  Six Plant Parts Tortilla Wrap
  
  
• Six Plant Parts We Eat Unit:
  Unit Overview
  Journey of a Seed
  Roots and Stems
  Leaf Lesson
  Flowers and Fruit
  Fruit to Seed
  
  
• *NOTE: Units 3 and 4 coming by August 2008!
  

Middle School recipe-based lessons:

• Apple-Carrot-Kohlrabi Salad
  
• Chicken Tortilla Soup
• Sweet Potato Pancakes
• Vegetable Stir-Fried Rice

Other resources for educators

• Seasonal chart of Wisconsin produce
  
• Web-based resources

Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch
A joint project of the REAP Food Group and
the University of Wisconsin's Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems

Contact Doug Wubben, project coordinator, at dwubben@wisc.edu

http://www.reapfoodgroup.org/farmtoschool
Web site designed and maintained by Lori Compas
at the UW Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
Updated February 3, 2008