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35min
Grades: 3,4,5

Where Does Mold on Bread Come from?

HEALTH, SOCIAL STUDIES
Where Does Mold on Bread Come from?

Curiosity trigger

Students will set up their own cultivation experiment using mold on bread and observe what conditions mold needs in order to grow. They will also find out how to protect food products against mold and why we sometimes “spoil” food on purpose.
Curriculum and Skills
Work and Life Skills:
Creative problem-solving
Environmental awareness
Social and cultural awareness
In this lesson, you will cover:
National Health Education Standards:
1.5.1. Describe the relationship between healthy behaviors and personal health.
7.5.1. Identify responsible personal health behaviors.
7.5.2. Demonstrate a variety of healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal health.
7.5.3. Demonstrate a variety of behaviors that avoid or reduce health risks.

SOCIAL STUDIES CORE CURRICULUM:
Grade 3.Challenge of meeting needs and wants in world communities. Production, distribution, exchange, and consumption of goods and services are economic decisions all societies must make.
Grade 3.Challenge of meeting needs and wants in world communities. People in world communities use human, capital, and natural resources.
You will need
Pieces of bread, jars, food packaging/pictures of products.
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