Student Activity Sheet – Lesson 4: Crop Production
A multi-part student activity packet on crop production and GMOs. Students draw a favorite meal and trace its raw crops, research top crops produced in their state and another state using USDA data, create a paper-slide video about a crop, study GMOs through Purdue University and Michigan State University resources, produce a GMO public service announcement, and design balanced recipe cards using the MyPlate model. A paper-slide video rubric is included for assessment.
At a glance
- Grade level
- 9-10
- Materials
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- USDA State Facts website (https://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts/)
- "How to Make a Paper Slideshow" video (https://youtu.be/E5RXynA_D3I)
- "What are GMOs?" video from Purdue University (https://youtu.be/QiHreVTjS58)
- Purdue University "Why Do We Use GMOs?" infographic
- Michigan State University "Are GMOs safe?" passage
- PSA video (https://youtu.be/7LkuSm9kUEI)
- Coloring supplies
- MyPlate model
- Internet/food labels