Edible Project 2021 Carnarvon Elementary:
Criteria for your multi-media online exhibit
1.Great info about your plant:
*how to grow it
*its nutritional components
*health benefits
*what could be made with it
*things that can harm the plant
(recipe suggestions)
*history/background of your plant
*a good product as an example
Product Ideas: make a video demonstration of a recipe, write & illustrate a children’s book that educates primary students, write a song, interview an expert like a news reporter, host a talk show like Oprah or Ellen, record a podcast, create a sculpture ...or any idea of your own! Think, what can I make that will help me educate and INSPIRE others to make healthy food choices that are good for us & the environment?!
2.Great info about sustainability
*accurate facts about growing our own organic food, buying local, food waste, having a low carbon footprint, sustainable practices, biodiversity, how your plant is produced for the commercial market, environmental impact
3.Great info about your science experiment
*testable question, variables, results/analysis
4.Great powerpoint that captures attention
*title & headings *colour used *pictures *Bibliography
*creative design & layout *clear texts with correct conventions * organized * slides in point form *not too much info on one slide
5.Presentation Criteria:
*you are welcoming & inviting
*speak knowledgeably/confidently
about your plant and all the info you have
*engages visitors
*you teach!
*you inspire!
Some good websites to get your started:
3. mintergardening.com (check out Brian Minter’s blog and look for “Growing Guides”) https://mintergardening.com/resources/guides/
4. www.thespruce
https://www.thespruce.com/growing-seeds-indoors-common-mistakes-847800
5. Grow BC Food Commodities – https://www.bcaitc.ca/grow-bc-commodities
6. Global Food Traceability Centre – https://www.ift.org/gftc.aspx
7. David Suzuki Foundation – https://davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/four-places-cut-carbon/
8. Foodprint Food Encyclopedia – https://foodprint.org/eating-sustainably/real-food-encyclopedia/
9. David Suzuki Foundation – https://davidsuzuki.org/story/healthy-food-systems-for-a-healthy-planet/
10. Environmental Working Group (EWG) – “Dirty Dozen” – https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty-dozen.php
11. Foodprint.org and Food Waste – https://foodprint.org/issues/the-problem-of-food-waste/
12. The Environmental Impact of Food Packaging –
13. What does “organic” mean? https://foodprint.org/issues/organic-agriculture/
14. Food waste and solutions: https://www.foodstash.ca/
Important Questions (conduct your research to find the answers to these questions)
#1. How do you grow it?(When do you plant? Where do you plant – start indoors or direct planting outdoors? How much space in the garden does it need)
#2. What does my plant need after I’ve planted the seeds?
#3. What are the nutritional components of the plant?
#4. What are the health benefits to humans of those nutritional components?
#5. When can you harvest your plant? How long does it take to grow? (mature)
#6. What bugs or pests can hurt our plant? How do we take care of pests?
#7. How can we use the food from our plant into a recipe? Into our eating?
#8. How do you live a sustainable lifestyle (What is sustainable living?)
#9. How is our plant produced for the grocery store market?
#10. How does the growing our plant affect the environment? Does it harm it?
Add any extra questions that you think of.
Edible Project Criteria – check if the following is included in your multi-media presentation
_____ Detailed health benefits of the plant
_____ Nutritional components of the plant (vitamins? nutrients? fiber?)
_____ How to grow the plant
_____ How to care for the plant – what the plant needs to thrive
_____ How the plant is produced for market, ie. is it imported from Mexico?? Grown in BC in greenhouses? Both? Other?
_____ How the production of the plant affects the environment – if it is flown in, how does that affect environment? Do greenhouses have negative effects on the environment?
_____ Great info about sustainability:
*accurate facts about growing our own organic food, buying local, having a low carbon footprint, sustainable practices, how your plant is produced for the commercial market
Product:
_____ create a…recipe demonstration, handout or brochure, children’s book, how to manual, blog, write a song, create a sculpture or art piece, interview an expert(s), etc etc. Be innovative! Be creative! What can you create to educate and inspire others to make choices about food that are healthy for humans and the environment?
Science Experiment report that includes;
_____ List of controlled variables
_____ manipulated variable ( the one variable that was changed or “tested”)
_____ responding variable (what were they measuring, ie. amount of growth, leaf colour, time to sprout)
_____ list of materials
_____ step by step procedure
_____ results – What did they learn
Presentation:
_____ Eye catching title
_____ headings for each topic
_____ attractively presented, creative design & layout
_____ information neatly presented – type or neatly printed
_____ pictures
_____ correct conventions (spelling, grammar, punctuation)
_____ mounted neatly – straight, no glue or tape visible