Lesson Plan

Grades K-2

Earth Cookie

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30 minutes

SUBJECTS: Math, Science, Social Studies

TOPICS: Agriculture, Food & Hunger, Land Use

Resource Overview

A cookie is decorated to show the different features of the Earth’s surface and the amount of farmland being used on Earth.

Students will be able to:
  • List three foods that come from farmland.
  • Describe how much of the Earth’s surface is land and how much of that land is used for farming.
  • Name two things that people can do to preserve farmland.
Lower elementary students decorate a cookie to represent Earth's physical geography

Features of This Resource

  • Opportunity for kinesthetic (tactile) learning
  • Helps students’ understanding of simple fractions
  • Lesson covers lower elementary geography concepts

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This lesson plan must be purchased as part of a lesson packet or as part of a full curriculum that is available in our store.

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