hands planting seeds

At school, if somebody steps on a student’s shoes, they are furious; at the farm, everybody gets a little dirty and it doesn’t matter as much.

-Student who had visited the farm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Activities Description and Selection Sheet

Please complete this form along with the Group Program Application. When you are finished, select the Send button. We will contact you to confirm your program date(s) and activities. Once your program is booked, we will hold this date for your group. Program cancellations fewer than 14 days from your field trip date will result in a $50 cancellation fee which will be billed to your group.

Part I: Contact Information

Part II. Description of Activities

We want to make your group's experience at the Food Literacy Project at Oxmoor Farm as meaningful as possible. Part II provides a description of the program activities available at the Farm.

In the Priority column below, place numbers 1 through 5 next to your five (5) most-desired activities, with 1 being the most-desired. Keep in mind that each activity takes between 20 and 40 minutes. We will tailor the experience to the specific needs of your group; if there are specific subject areas or themes you'd like us to incorporate into the activity, let us know that in Part III. Activities are always subject to the variables of time, weather and resources available. Please return this completed sheet with your application.

Priority Activity Activity Description Ideal for Grades
Compost/worm exploration Students explore interdependence and the role of the worm as decomposer, getting an up close view of red wigglers turning waste into fertilizer to nurture plants. pre-K-12
Magic Seed / Plant-A-Seed Students discover the embryo inside a seed, explore the diversity of seeds, and plant seeds in containers to take home. pre-K-12
Food web game Youth demonstrate the interdependence of plants, animals and people by creating a food web and exploring how humans affect the environment. 3-6
Garden scavenger hunt Using clues that draw from a variety of subject areas, students use all of their senses to explore the garden and develop their sense of wonder. pre-K-12
Potato bug game An introduction to biodiversity and interdependence through an interactive skit exploring how a conventional farmer and his organic farmer neighbor manage pests. 3-8
What's in my Food? Youth explore the characteristics of some common packaged foods, and compare them to their whole food alternatives. pre-K-12
Edible Plant Parts Twister "Right hand, root! Left foot flower!" In a specially created game of twister, students discover that many common foods that we eat come from edible plant parts. pre-K-12
Food and nutrition game Students explore the role of vitamins and nutrients in good health, discovering that many are found in the fruits and vegetables that grow on the farm. K-9
Trace-your-lunch All processed food, including meat, can be traced back to plants and the sun. As a group, students will trace some of their favorite foods back to the farm. K-5
Bake Bread Students make bread from scratch, exploring the role of ingredients from the flour to the living yeast. Harvesting the suns' energy in the solar oven is also explored. pre-K-12
From Field to Fork Students experiment with simple recipes using fresh vegetables grown on the farm, and sample their creations. *Requires minimum 3-week notice. K-12
Three Sisters garden Corn, beans and squash are planted together and depend on one another for survival. Students explore this relationship and will either plant or observe these in the garden. K-6
Tasting Tour of the Farm Students are guided through the farm fields to see what grows here, using their senses and tasting vegetables fresh from the ground along the way. pre-K-12
Plant Parts Burritos A tasting tour (same as above) with a special emphasis on finding at least one of each plant part: root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit, and seed. pre-K-12
Service Learning There are many opportunities to help the farmers and the Food Literacy Project by planting, weeding, or doing other projects according to the season. pre-K-12

Part III: Special Instructions and Particular Requests

If there are some special considerations or particular areas you'd like us to focus on, please let us know and we will do our best to make it possible:

Of Special Note to Teachers: Most of our activities were designed with Kentucky's Core Content and Science Module requirements in mind. If you'd like to see which Core Contect Areas are covered for each of the program activities, click on Core Content Summary.

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