Project Food, Land & People (K-3)

Contact Information

Phone: 650-345-5178 or 650-573-5527
Fax: 650-573-5527

Street Address: Food, Land & People, 1570 Brandywine Road
San Mateo, California 94402-3803

Last Updated: 01-14-2006

Reviewer Comments

General Content
"Offers a lot of important information about food production, hunger, and cultural connections."

"Deals with something very basic—food!"

Pedagogy
"More appropriate at the third grade than K—2."

"Needs more inquiry and investigation activities."

Teacher Usability
"Lesson plan layout is easy to follow."

"Very good background information."

"Extensive appendices."

Focus on Communities
"Excellent balance of human and natural communities (food production, land use choices, effects of human population on the environment)."

"Lots of connections to students' lives."

EE Program/Resource ss Details

Provided by: Project Food, Land & People

Description: Project Food, Land & People, Resources for Learning 2nd edition (2003, 950 p.) offers resources and pre-K—12 grade activities that focus on food, fiber, and land use as a way to illustrate the interdependence of agriculture, the environment, and human needs. Fifty-five lessons offer multidisciplinary approaches to studying food production, nutrition, consumer choices, environmental issues, and sustainable agricultural practices. Appendices include the conceptual framework, workshop model, glossary, support material for specific lessons, and cross-referencing of lessons by grade, skill, subject, tropic, and theme. Activities are correlated to Content Standards for California Public Schools for Science, Mathematics, History/Social Science, and English/Language Arts and address recommendations of the National Research Council's Committee on Agricultural Education in Secondary Schools. Several of the blackline masters are printed in Spanish.

Web Address: http://www.caflp.org

Program/Resource Type: Curriculum

Audience Served: Pre-K, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Cost: $56.25 (shrink wrapped); $45 CD

EE Focus: Agriculture/Farming, Ecosystems-General, Environmental Sciences, Land Use, Natural Resources/Res. Mgmt., Sustainable Development, Water

Academic Focus: History/Social Sciences, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Interdisciplinary

Counties Served: Statewide

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Report Card

Overall Grade
General Content
Presentation
Pedagogy
Teacher Usability
Community

B
A-
B+
B+
A
B

Discipline Emphasis

Science
History/Social Science
Health
Mathematics
Visual/Performing Arts
Language Arts
Industrial/Vocational Ed.
Foreign Language