3rd–5th Grade: Lesson Plan: From Seed to Supper (Month 7) | Everyday Play N Learn Curriculum Series

Core Skills: Supply Chain Mapping, Thermal Insulation Engineering, Botanical Dissection, Capillary Action Testing, Grid Geometry Layouts, Nutrition Label Literacy, & Product Marketing

Take upper elementary students on an eye-opening journey behind their food with the Month 7: From Seed to Supper Lesson Plan by Everyday Play N Learn! This comprehensive 21-page monthly curriculum bridges agricultural science, plant biology, global logistics, and human nutrition into engaging real-world lessons.

Designed specifically for out-of-school time (OST) before-and-after school programming, this unit balances morning agricultural discussions with active afternoon STEM experiments and creative design challenges—from building insulated "Cool Cargo" shipping boxes and dissecting flower anatomy to grid-based garden planning, measuring soda sugar volumes, and pitching futuristic robotic farms.

What's Inside:

• Week 1 (The Food Journey): Trace farm-to-table timelines, sort perishable vs. non-perishable goods, build foil/bubble-wrap insulated shipping containers, run assembly line trail mix relays, and pitch robotic future farms.

• Week 2 (Plant Power): Dissect flower/bean seed internal structures, plant paper-bag Germination Stations, classify edible plant anatomy (roots, stems, leaves), build 3D cardboard fruit trees, and run celery capillary action color races.

• Week 3 (Sources of Food): Design grid-paper square-foot garden layouts, play forest camouflage foraging games, build paper fishing boats, test global spice scent recognition, and build ecosystem food dioramas.

• Week 4 (Nutrition Mission): Analyze the body's nutrient "battery", build balanced MyPlate paper buffet meals, measure physical sugar volumes from nutrition labels, illustrate superfood origin heroes, and pitch healthy snack commercials.

Product Details:

• Format: Digital Download (Printable PDF)

• Page Count: 21 Action-Packed Daily Lesson Pages

• Structure: Formatted for Before Care (7:00 AM–8:30 AM) and After Care (3:30 PM–6:00 PM) program schedules

• Key Components: Farm-to-Table Diagrams, Plant Dissection Guides, Square-Foot Garden Grid Templates, Sugar Volume Measuring Sheets, & Commercial Pitch Rubrics

• Publisher: Everyday Play N Learn Child Development