2.1 The Exploding Cheeseburger
“The Exploding Cheeseburger” is a primary-grade agricultural lesson in Unit Two: Processing that teaches students how the components of a cheeseburger move from farm to consumer. Through mime, riddles, and an activity sheet, students learn to define processing and distinguish raw agricultural materials from finished products, with hands-on applications such as making butter.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Explain the steps products that make up a cheeseburger go through as they move from farm to consumer.
- Define processing.
- Identify the difference between a raw agricultural material and a finished product.
- Time required
- 50 minutes
- Grade level
- Primary
- Materials
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- Writing surface
- Copies of Activity Sheet 6:1
- Key Term(s)
- Processing