Field Trip!

OK CLASS! LET'S GET OUT OF OUR CHAIRS AND OUT INTO THE OPEN AIR!

Check out the Hawaii Organic Farmers Association website:
http://www.hawaiiorganic.org/

Watch the video about the Hilo Farmers Market:

Check out where we are going!
http://www.localharvest.org/laiku-organic-fruit-M40881

We are going to visit the Laiku Organic Farm in Kurtistown! 

Schedule:

Day: Wed. Feb. 15th
Leave school: 8:00am
Arrive at Farm: 9:00am
Tour of farm: 9:30-11:00am
Lunch: 11:30-12:30 (please pack a lunch, picnic style!)
-we will be sampling some of the produce as well
Leave Farm: 1:00pm
Stop by Hilo Farmers Market: 2:00-2:30pm (please bring some cash if you wish to purchase any items from the market)
Arrive back at school: 3:00pm

*Please bring: sunscreen, a hat, an umbrella, and bottled water

Permission form: for those of you who are under the age of 18, I must receive a signed permission slip, by a parent or legal guardian, in order to you to be able to participate in the field trip. 
*Those of you who fail to provide this slip, you will remain at school and do online research; producing a 5-page paper about organic farming on the Big Island.

Quiz:

Now that you've learned about GMOs and we've discussed them. Take an online quiz to test your knowledge.

http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/7799/preview/

Click on: "Take the quiz..."

Provided by PBS Teachers

Class Discussion:


Topic: Are you Pro GMOs or Con GMOs?

Please post your opinion and the "why" to support it.


 

HEALTH AND WELLNESS-Grade 12

Learning subject: the food we eat.

 

Questions to think about:

• what's in your food?
• where does your food come from?
• who produces your food?
• what affect does the food you eat have on your body? 

  Have you ever heard of GMOs?

GMOs are genetically modified organisms.
Some of our food has been altered, it's DNA changed. This is sometimes done to make the food, such as a plant, more hardy, enabling it to better survive under less than perfect conditions.
Some farmers and food companies do this because it can lead to a large crop, or yield, thus equalling to more profit.
GMO is a new innovative technology in agriculture, however, just like all new things, not everything is known about the it's effects. 

More Research:

Check out these websites that provide more information about GMOs and their consequences. 

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/gmfood.shtml

Please read this page about GMOs and take a few notes for understanding.

http://www.organicitsworthit.org/quick/gmos-101?gclid=COChoZbFj64CFQVkhwodvi4_dg

 Please read the information about GMOs and watch the two embedded videos and take a few notes of what your impression is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqBk8_O_fFc&feature=player_detailpage

Watch this video, what do you think?

Watch this video. What do you think?

Watch this video. What do you think?


Assignment:
-Write down your impression and opinion of whether or not GMOs should be used.
-Write what you think the possible pros and con are of using GMOs or not.

Please bring your one page paper to class. We will take turns reading our papers out loud  in class, after all students have presented we will post our final opinions and why on the edublog under "Class Discussions".

Please email me if you have any questions,