University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and 4-H Youth Development Publications May 2015 4-H 316 The Green Food Factory : A 4-H School Enrichment Project Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/a4hhistory "4-H 316 The Green Food Factory : A 4-H School Enrichment Project" (2015). Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications. 377. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/a4hhistory/377 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 4-H Youth Development at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Nebraska Cooperative Extension 4-H 316 • Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the ~~·~-­ U.S . Department of Agriculture. Kenneth R. Bolen, Director of Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, 5' wr.' Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Cooperative Extension provides information and educational programs to all people without regard to race , color, national origin, sex or handicap . Table of Contents • Introduction What is the 4-H School Enrichment Program? What is the 4-H Green Food Factory School Enrichment Project? Summary of Program Content Supplemental Activities Resource List Sample Letter to Parents Notes to Teacher • Unit 1 - Plant Anatomy and Physiology Activity 1 - Plant Anatomy Worksheets Activity 2 - Seed Germination Rate Experiment Activity 3- Water and Nutrient Movement Through Stems Activity 4 - Photosynthesis Experiment • Unit 2- Production and Processing- Soybeans and Dry Beans Activity 1- Soybean Processing Worksheet Activity 2- Seed to Harvest Activity 3 - Miracle Crop of Many Uses Worksheet Activity 4- Word Search Activity 5 - Research Paper • Unit 3 - Soybeans You Eat Activity 1 - Know Your Nutrients Activity 2 - Writing Copy Activity 3 - Supermarket Hunt Activity 4 - A Closer Look at Food Labels Activity 5 - Roasted Soy Nuts Activity 6 - Taste Tofu Activity 7 - Soy Sprouts • Unit 4 - Dry Beans You Eat Activity 1 - Nutrition and the Dry Bean Activity 2 - Mosaic Activity 3 - Supermarket Math Activity 4- News Report or Advertisement Activity 5 - Make Preybranatz Activity 6- Snappy Bean Dip • Unit 5 - Practical Math Activity- Math Worksheet • Unit 6 - Marketing Activity 1 -Worksheet- Factors of Production Activity 2 - Demand Schedule and Curve (graph) Activity 3 - Supply Schedule and Curve (graph) Activity 4- Futures Market Worksheet- using newspaper Activity 5- Worksheet- Factors that affect prices Activity 6- Trace the soybean from field to consumer Activity T - Marketing Research Activity 8- Futures Market Trading Game •Glossary ... <- ............ J Introduction 'l 'I Tat is the 4-H School Enrichment Nebraska Soybean Development, Utilization VV~rogram? and Marketing Board and Nebraska Dry Bean The 4-H school enrichment projects are Commission. designed to supplement the regular school curriculum, particularly in the sciences. School Cooperative Extension provides: systems and Nebraska Cooperative Extension Teacher training have cooperated for years, complementing the Teacher's manual educational goals of both organizations. Four-H Supplemental resource material bases its materials on research and current Student workbook knowledge. School Enrichment resources Videos: Plant physiology and anatomy include teacher guides, video cassettes, Life cycle of beans - planting teaching exercises and audio visual support. through harvest Participants in 4-H School Enrichment Enrollment and evaluation forms programs "learn by doing," which helps young Classroom presentation (optional) people learn and apply practical living skills. As School provides: 4-H participants, your students can take part Teacher and students in other 4-H activities outside the classroom. Teacher to attend training such as county fairs and demonstration Use of audio visual equipment contests. Student data on participants Evaluation report What is THE GREEN FOOD FACTORY school enrichment project? Designed by the 4-H Green Food Factory The Green Food Factory school enrichment School Enrichment Advisory Committee: project uses soybeans and dry beans to Susan Williams, Saunders County illustrate plant physiology and anatomy. This Extension Agent - Home Economics science-based project includes hands-on Robert Meduna, Saunders County experiments to reinforce learning. In addition. Extension Assistant the project includes units on soybean and dry Monica Schmit, Project Intern, Cooperative bean production, processing and marketing, Extension - State 4-H Office "' and nutrition and consumer education. Virginia Gobeli, Extension Specialist. 4-H The program is designed for upper Youth Development, Curriculum Specialist .. elementary grades, preferably fifth grade. Judy Lewis, Teacher at Arnold School . However, if the project content enhances the Lincoln, NE fourth grade curriculum in specific schools, and Linda Boeckner, Extension Specialist- Food the fifth grade chooses not to participate, it may and Nutrition, UNL be offered at the fourth grade level. Lenis Nelson, Extension Specialist - How does the program work? Agronomy, UNL Upon registration, you will receive a packet Readers for the project: at teacher training. This packet will include a Keith Glewen, Saunders County Extension step-by-step "Green Food Factory" teacher Agent - Agriculture guide, developed by Extension professionals, William Caldwell, Assistant Director 4-H. reviewed by teachers and supported by the University of Nebraska Harriet Kahn. Extension Specialist - Foods Unit 5- Practical Math and Nutrition Students apply practical math to the day­ Doris Kruse. Teacher at Arnold School. to-day operations of a business. Lincoln, NE Richard Waldren. Extension Crop Unit 6 - Marketing Production Specialist, UNL This unit introduces basic concepts of a market economy including: demand and sup­ ply. affect of demand and supply on price and Summary of Program Content production. and how farmers sell their products Each unit is designed to be used independ­ through cash and futures markets. In a game ently or in combination with other units. This based on the Chicago Board ofTrade. students gives teachers the flexibility to select topics and buy and sell soybeans. programs of interest to their individual classes. 4-H Supplemental Unit 1 - Plant Anatomy and Physiology Green Food Factory Activities This unit is about plant growth and physiology. The students will experiment with 4-H Poster Contest seed germination and will begin to learn about Conduct a Green Food Factory poster nitrogen replacement in the soil. A video tape contest in your school. Extension staff will help showing plant anatomy and physiology judge the posters and present ribbons to supplements this unit. winners. Unit 2- Production and Processing­ Exhibit at the County Fair a Soybeans and Dry Beans All posters would be eligible for 4-H county W' In this unit. students learn about the bean fair competition. Students also can participate production cycle and the people involved from in the interview judging process. Here the planting seeds to making a finished product. student meets with the judge to discuss his or This unit discusses growing beans. from plant­ her project. You may wish to collect the posters ing through harvest, as well as processing before the end of school and enter them in the beans into a number of food and non-food county fair for the students. Each entry products. Two video tapes on the harvesting requires a 4-H entry tag. available from the and processing of soybeans and dry beans Extension office. The Extension staff will be complement this unit. happy to assist your class with fair entries. Students will be awarded 4-H ribbons for their Unit 3 - Soybeans You Eat exhibits. This is a nutrition and consumer education unit. It highlights the importance of soybeans 4-H Presentation and Speech Contests and soybean oil in the diet. Students learn Students can develop public presentation about cholesterol and soybean oil's role in a low skills by preparing and presenting a demon­ • cholesterol diet. This unit also introduces a stration or speech about soybeans or dry variety of foods made from soy products. beans. Extension staff or volunteers can help students develop presentations. Students may Unit 4 - Dry Beans You Eat select their own topic and demonstrate This second nutrition and consumer educa­ something as simple as preparing a dish using tion unit explains the importance of dry beans tofu. or as complex as a science experiment. A in the diet. Students learn about fiber and the 4-H manual on how to prepare a public presen­ role beans play in a healthy diet. tation is listed in the supplementary activity a section of the Teacher's Guide. W Organize a 4-H Project Club product that contains soybeans from home and If some students want to continue their construct a bulletin board with the items or study of soybeans/dry beans. they may form a photos of food dishes that have beans. 4-H project club. The club could enroll in a 4-H Have students develop a bulletin board using food, computer or agricultural project. A parent variety of products. Have students develop with one of these special interests may be "bean" characters using "SuperSoy" as a willing to lead the club. The Extension staff will starting idea. assist