Farm to Table & Beyond (LiFE 2)

Farm to Table & Beyond (LiFE 2) by Pamela A. Koch, EdD, RD. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780915873500.

This book covers our growing global food system. Students engage in hands-on investigations of the cycling of matter in nature and the human impact on this cycle, explore and analyze their personal nutrition choices through scientific reasoning, and apply their learning through discussions and debates. Developed by renowned educators at Teachers College, Columbia University, Farm to Table & Beyond is the second module in the Linking Food and the Environment (LiFE) curriculum series. Farm to Table includes teacher lesson plans, background information, teaching tips, and tools for assessment as well as student activity sheets and readings, all of which can be incorporated into your classroom instruction. In addition, this book features a matrix mapping the book to National Science Education Standards and Benchmarks for Science Literacy. 432 pages. Grades 5-6.