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1 DRFT 1 Lesson Title: Healthy raphing in the arden rade Level: 6 Subject rea: Math Setting: Outdoor plot of land to plant a garden in, or an established school garden or square foot garden Instructional Time: 120 minutes rade Level Expectation (s):.rp Plot ordered pairs of integers and use ordered pairs of integers to identify points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane. 3 MNN Behavioral Outcome: Eat fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and fat free or low-fat milk products every day Be physically active every day as a part of a healthy lifestyle Balance caloric intake from food and beverages with calories expended SNP-Ed Core Nutrition Messages: Eat smart to play hard. Eat fruits and veggies at meals and snacks. Fuel up with fruits and veggies. nd soar through your day like a rocket ship. oal: To use knowledge of coordinates to plot given points in a garden designed as a coordinate plane. Learning Objectives: Students will be able to construct a coordinate plane and mark ordered pairs of integers. Vocabulary (less than 5 recommended, none required) Coordinate plane-the grid system with an X and Y axis to plot points X axis-horizontal line that is the 0 point Y axis-vertical line that is the 0 point Points-a combination of one X point and one Y point that makes a unique point on the coordinate plane dvanced Preparation If it is not feasible to have your students make the garden grid in class, create it outside of class time yourself or solicit the assistance of a Math club. Make a grid using clothesline and the numbers as guides. Keep the lines perpendicular by outlining the garden with clothesline and having the grid lines run the length and width of the garden. Supplies MyPyramid for Kids poster OR MyPyramid poster. (Teacher note: MyPyramid for Kids is for children 6-11 years. If the majority of your class is over 11years of age use the adult MyPyramid.) Stakes and clothesline Wooden shims or wooden paint stirring sticks Tape measures about 20 feet in length 2009 MSU Extension, Children, Youth, Families & Communities, Michigan Nutrition Network DRFT -School arden Nutrition Education

2 String and labels to attach a plant name to each plant Plants or seeds to plant in the garden set of X/Y coordinates with corresponding plant seedling to be planted. Safety Notes Be careful not to trip over the clothesline X and Y axes Procedures Step 1 Begin the lesson in the classroom with a discussion of MyPyramid for Kids with the students. Review the different food groups with the students. Explain that the class is going to do a garden activity that will also review plotting ordered pairs of integers and use ordered pairs of integers to identify points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane. Step 2 Play MyPyramid Battleship with the class. Use a grid with an X and Y axis on the overhead projector and hide the names of examples of foods from each food group and a type of physical activity on specific points within the grid. llow students to guess specific points. When students sink a food, ask them which food group the food falls into. Once they have a food from all groups, they win! Example set up of MyPyramid Battleship S Y P O U R R T E U S

3 R P E R D E O T M E L N I N Step 3 Remind students that along with eating right, being physically active is also important to health. Point out the figure walking up the side of the pyramid which represents physical activity. sk students if they think gardening counts as physical activity. (Yes it does! On average, people burn 240 calories per hour doing general gardening! Source: Per fitday.com 4kcal/min for general gardening.) Step 4 Lead the class to the garden. If you already have the garden grid set up, proceed to Step 5. If not, have the students make two grid axes using clothesline and the numbers as guides. Outline the garden with clothesline (this will help keep the lines perpendicular). School arden Clothesline outlining the perimeter.

4 Now create the X and Y axis. For each axis, have students place pieces of plastic tape numbered at one or two foot intervals (depending on the size of the garden) on a piece of clothesline. Begin with zero and conclude with 10 going each way to reflect positive and negative points. If possible, use different color tape for each line, one for the X axis and one for the Y axis. This will help to visually distinguish the X and Y axis. X xis: Leave enough string on each end to tie String or clothesline. 10 Colored tape with numbers. Y xis:

5 Tie the two numbered lines about 2 feet above the ground to the X-Y intersection in the center of the outlined perimeter. Extend the numbered lines to form 90 degree angles. X xis Y xis School arden Clothesline outlining the perimeter. ssign each student tie one or two lines to place in the grid, one should run the length of the garden, and the other should run the width of the garden. This will complete the grid. X xis Y xis School arden Clothesline outlining the perimeter. Step 5 Have each student pick a set of coordinates out of a hat. Each set of coordinates should also include the name of a vegetable seedling. Each student will be responsible for planting a plant to grow exactly on that set of coordinates. Have each student write their name and the coordinates on a paint stirring stick or wooden shim in the correct format and then place it in the ground at the correct location on the garden grid. Have each student plant their vegetable seedling at their coordinate and add the name of the plant to their wooden label. (See teacher resources for a garden plan for about 30 plants with X/Y axis points.) If the garden is already planted, an alternative to actual planting of transplants or seeds is to put stakes (or yard art) into the garden, labeled with the coordinates.

6 ssessment Verify that students have accurately identified their assigned coordinates and planted their seedling. Student Page Extensions Have students continue to maintain the garden and continue to practice finding coordinates in the garden. Have students harvest the vegetables and prepare a batch of X, Y soup for all to enjoy. s a follow up activity, have students create a MyPyramid scavenger hunt within the garden using XY coordinates to hide clues for classmates in another section. Have students work in pair or small groups to create the clues. Provide each group with a different color or plastic Easter eggs to write their clues on. Clues should incorporate the number of servings for each food group. For example: X = Carlos ate 0.5 cup of fruit today. How much more does he need to eat to meet the dietary requirements for the day for the fruit and vegetable group? (2). Y = Melina ate a 12 ounce steak at the steakhouse for dinner. How much did she go over according to MyPyramid? (6.5) The answer is (2, 6.5), the next clue should be hidden at these coordinates. Supporting Resources Resources Teacher Resources Math in the arden, Jennifer M. White, Katharine D. Barrett, Jaine Kopp, Christine Manoux, Katie Johnson, Yvette McCullough Square Foot ardening, Mel Bartholomew Literature The Runaway arden, Jeffery Schatzer Websites This interactive tool lets you take your favorite recipe and make it a little healthier by altering the ingredients or the way it is cooked. t the Discovery Education site, show the video Section : Two Lines (11:59)- In this lesson the Standard Deviants graph two lines on one coordinate plane and determine their point of intersection. Then they begin to graph linear inequalities in two variables. From the larger video entitled The Pumped-Up World of Pre-lgebra: Program 06: Using raphs for grades 6-8. Create a graph tutorial at Kidzone if you are confused. BC s of Fruits and Vegetables and Beyond: Delicious lphabet Poems Plus Food, Fun and Facts for Everyone Charney, Dave and David oldbeck Ceres Press, 2007 ISBN-13: $16.95 Interest Level: ll

7 This book is a treasure chest of information for any garden or nutrition unit that you can imagine. colorful compendium of poems, geography, jokes and riddles, fun projects, gardening activities, recipes, recommended reading, and Web sites to explore. You could find material here for grades 1-5 and even older. Recipes galore are included along with fun facts in the vein of Did You Know? Dinner from Dirt Scott, Emily Ten meals that kids six and up can grow and cook. Provides instructions for planting and growing vegetables and includes recipes for cooking them. Discusses a salad garden, a spud garden, a soup garden, and others. ibbs, Smith, 1998 Interest Level=3-6 Reading Level=6.0 Could you find a sample map to analyze on google maps?

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