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New Mexico Agriculture in the Classroom

  • Photo by Lyndsey Garber
  • Photo by NM Department of Agriculture
  • Photo by NM Department of Agriculture
  • Photo by Jay Hill
  • Photo by NM Department of Agriculture
  • Photo by Lyndsey Garber

Agricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix


Companion Resource

Jr. Sprout - Healthy Eating

This creative activity booklet engages students to create their own food faces while using healthy fruits and vegetables grown in a vegetable garden. It also discusses challenges that people encounter while selecting "bad foods" that contain oils, sugars, and fats versus "good foods."

Time to Complete
30 minutes
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Materials
  • Various colorful fruits and vegetable cut into small pieces
  • Green construction paper
  • Pencil
  • Bread
  • Apples
  • Potato Chips
  • Honey
  • Chocolate
Author
Virginia Agriculture in the Classroom
Lessons Associated with this Resource