6.2 Role With It
This middle school lesson, “Role” with It! (Lesson MS.IAS.6.2 from the Food and Agricultural Literacy Curriculum), teaches students about the consumer’s role in the safe, home use of agricultural products. Through a role-playing rotation activity in which students act as fruit/vegetable, dairy, and beef producers facing ethical decisions about pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, BST, growth hormones, and antibiotics, students examine how producer decisions affect consumer food safety. The lesson concludes with reflection journaling and an essay assessment on producing safe products for human consumption.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- As a result of this unit the student will create informed, education and confident consumer of agricultural products.
- As a result of this lesson the student will identify consumer's role in safe, home agricultural product use.
- Time required
- 90 minutes
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- 2 baskets of apples
- Farmer's Market label
- Local grocery store label
- MS.IAS.6.2.AS.A – one per teacher
- MS.IAS.6.2.AS.B – one per teacher
- MS.IAS.6.2.AS.C – one per teacher
- MS.IAS.6.2.ASSESS.A – one per student
- Precepts
- N. Decision Making; N3. Make ethical decisions.
- Resources
- Herren, Ray V. (2002). The Science of Agriculture: A Biological Approach, Second Edition. Albany, NY: Delmar Thomson Learning.
- Key Terms
- Pesticide; Herbicide; Fertilizer; Growth Hormone; Antibiotics; BST – Bovine Somatotropin; Withdrawal period
- Lesson Number
- MS.IAS.6.2
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- CS.03.02.03.b.Practice ethical behaviors.
- FPP.01.02.02.b.Discuss the application of industry standards in the food products and processing industry.
- FPP.03.01.06.a.Explain the importance of food labeling to the consumer.
- FPP.04.03.04.a.Explain techniques for preparing ready-to-eat food products.
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NL-ENG.K-12.4Communication Skills
- NS.5-8.3Life Science
- NS.5-8.5Science and Technology
- NS.5-8.6Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
- NSS-EC.5-8.2Effective Decision Making