Transcript Edible School Garden Program Fall 2015 Jeopardy!

Edible School Garden Program
Fall 2015 Jeopardy! 4th grade
Healthy
Habits
Seeds and
Plants
Food
Groups
Garden
Fun
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Nutrition
Garden Fun
Seeds and Plants - 100
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What is the name for the scientists who study
plants?
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Botanists
Seeds and Plants - 200
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How do people use plants?
People use plants for cooking and eating, shade,
to make medicine, and to build
Seeds and Plants - 300
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What is the purpose of the stem?
Supports the leaves and transports water and
food.
Seeds and Plants - 400
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Parts of a plant. When we point to the part
name the part.
Seeds and Plants - 500
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What does the fruit part of the plant do?
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Protects the seed and helps with seed dispersal
Food Groups - 100
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What are the five basic food groups?
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Grains, vegetables, fruit, dairy, protein
Food Groups - 200
What does the dairy group do for our bodies?
 What nutrient is found in dairy that starts with a
C?
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Dairy gives us Calcium to make our bones and
teeth strong
Food Groups - 300
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At meal time, how much of our plate should be
filled with fruits and vegetables?
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Half
Food Groups - 400
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Name a food that provides us with Vitamin C.
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orange, lemon, grapefruit, other fruits
Food Groups - 500
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Where can you find how many servings are in a
package of food?
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Nutrition Facts Label
Garden Fun - 100
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Name a pollinator insect.
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Bee, butterfly, moth, etc.
Garden Fun - 200
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What are four ways seeds move?
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Fly in the wind; float in water; animals or people
transport them; animals eat them and then they
are in their droppings; some plants explode and
send seeds into the air; heavy seeds fall to the
ground
Garden Fun - 300
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What is a hypothesis?
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A guess or prediction about what will happen.
Garden Fun- 300
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What do recycler insects do for the garden?
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Help decompose or break down materials in the
soil.
Garden Fun - 400
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How does compost help the garden?
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Adds nutrients to the soil.
Garden Fun - 500
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Look at the picture of the Seed What does the
seed coat do?
embryo
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Protects the embryo (baby plant)
MORE Garden Fun - 100
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What does the root do for a plant?
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Supports the plant. Takes in water and food.
MORE Garden Fun - 200
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What are some roots that we eat?
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Potatoes, carrots, sweet potatoes, radishes,
beets, turnips, ginger, etc.
MORE Garden Fun - 300
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Name 3 of the 6 parts of a plant.
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Roots, stems leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds.
MORE Garden Fun - 400
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What role does corn play in the 3 sisters (how
does corn help the other 2 plants)?
Corn provides a pole for the beans to climb.
MORE Garden Fun - 500
Why do root vegetables have little hairs on them?
They are the little roots that are
growing out of the big root – they are the major
site for water and food uptake
Nutrition - 100
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Name 3 things you can find on a Nutrition Facts
Food Label.
Calories, fat, sugar, serving size, portion size,
ingredients, etc.
Nutrition - 200
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Name 1 reason why Nutrition Facts Food Labels
are important and useful?
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They help us to compare food products, find
healthy foods, find out how much of each
nutrient is in foods, etc.
Nutrition - 300
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How many glasses of water should we drink
each day?
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6-8
Nutrition - 400
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3 part question: How can you use your hands to
measure a serving of cheese? A serving of
carrots? A serving of meat?
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Cheese: 2 fingers. Carrots: a fist. Meat: the palm
of your hand
Nutrition - 500
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What are the 6 categories of nutrients?
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Carbohydrates, fats, protein, vitamins, minerals,
water
Healthy Habits- 100
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How important is it for you to drink water every
day?
a. Really important
b. Sort of important
c. Not really important
d. Not important at all
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A. Not a correct answer –just a discussion
Healthy Habits- 200
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What should you drink most often?
– Water
– Soda
– Kool-Aid
– Sports drinks (like Gatorade)
– Energy drinks (like Monster)
– Milk
– Fruit juice
– Tea
Not a correct answer –just a discussion
Healthy Habits- 300
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I can ask for water instead of soda
when I am thirsty.
– Yes
– No
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Not a correct answer –just a discussion
Healthy Habits- 400
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I feel connected to my culture and
the traditional ways of gardening and
farming.
– Yes
– No
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Not a correct answer –just a discussion
Healthy Habits-500
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How many VEGETABLES should you eat each
DAY? How many FRUITS should you eat each
day?
– None or almost none
– 1-2
– 3-4
– 5-6
– 7 or more
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3-4 Vegetables and 3-4 Fruits