Healthy Foods from Healthy Soils - Softcover

Patten, Elizabeth; Lyons, Kathy; Stevens, Helen

9780884482420: Healthy Foods from Healthy Soils

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0884482421 ISBN 13: 9780884482420

Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers, 2003

Healthy Foods from Healthy Soils invites you and your students to discover where food comes from, how our bodies use food, and what happens to food waste.

You'll participate in the ecological cycle of food production -- compost formation -- recycling back to the soil, while helping children understand how their food choices affect not only their own health, but farmers, the environment, and your local community. Suggested resources encourage you to adapt the program to your needs, small scale or large, urban or rural. Handy extension activities demonstrate ways that students can help effect change in their own lives and communities. Background information, suggested readily available materials, and clear instructions give you enough guidance to integrate these hands-on activities into your classroom right away.

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About the Author:

Elizabeth Patten is a dietician working in the fiels of health education who lives with her family and several thousand red wigglers.

Kathy Lyons is an environmental educator and puppeteer who first created Annelida the worm puppet for a recycling program. Annelida has since joined the team as a "spokesworm" for this program.

Helen Stevens is an illustrator and graphic artist who lives in Maine.

Review:

“A superb book [that] every K–6 teacher should see and use. The lessons are keyed to the Benchmarks for Science Literacy.”
- The MOF&G

“This extensive resource of activities will keep youth actively engaged discovering local connections between food, the environment, and the economy.”
- Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

“Links to standards, extensive resource lists and background information for every investigation. Highlights a vital area for study.”
- Connect Magazine

“ A treasure chest of information.”
- NSTA Science Scope

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