In an effort to combat child obesity and introduce nutritious foods to children, Kielty has helped to develop many inquiry based Math and Science lesson plans by implementing fruits and vegetables into lessons.
Outside of the Classroom Kielty enjoys exploring local nature trails either on her bike or with her two dogs. Her favorite nutrious food is a strawberry avocado salsa- yum!
Use blueberries to show students how to group, graph and compare.
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Will a cranberry bounce? Will it float? How many cranberries does it take to make a gallon of cranberry juice?
Grab some cranberries and use your skills in estimation, buoyancy,
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Would you ever eat the root, stalk or leaf of a plant? Let's take a closer look at the vegetables we like to eat and what part of the plant they come from!
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Let's use some knowledge of acidic propreties to see the inside of the egg without cracking it open. We're not yolking around with this one!
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You've come to the "Right" place to see the Pythagorean Theorum in action.
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A fun activity that includes making yogurt from live bacteria cultures!
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Evaporation: The link between dried fruits and the water cycle.
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Did you know that a tomato is really a fruit, not a vegetable? Well, there are more foods that you have probably miscategorized- this lesson is going to make you go bananas!
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Break out some paint and create some fun examples of translations, rotations and reflections.
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It was the Greeks who originally discovered the patterns of triangular and square numbers by rearranging pebbles into the geometric shapes, and you can too- but we think blueberries may be more del
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Let's make some AB Patterns using some coloful fruits and vegetables.
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We'll use peanuts as our visual to count and determine the perimeter of shapes.
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Fractions can be a "whole" lot of fun, and it's super easy (and tasty) to learn about using an orange as your visual!
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Did you know that you can determine the pH properties of some liquid substances using cabbage leaves? Yes! Determine if your pH is acidic, neutral, or basic all by the colors your cabbag
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Use chick peas, as well as many other beans, to estimate, sort and classify in this simple math lesson.
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How can you plant 10 Carambola Trees in five rows and have exactly four trees in each row? The answer lies in the fruit of the tree.
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Spirals are present everywhere in nature. They are evident in weather, plants, animals, and even humans.
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You can show the three states of matter solid, liquid and gas by demonstrating a simple experiment using hydrogen peroxide and a potato.
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Tessellations are patterns where there is no overlapping or gaps.
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Nature has many mysterious ways. One of them is the presence of stars, or pentagonal symmetry.
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A classic bar trick that can be used to teach students to observe the centrifugal force of nature.
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Swiss Chard is a great leaf to use when examining the structure of a leaf due to its large size and the contrast in color from the stem to its leaf.
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Lemons and Limes, they're the same. Well, except for the color, taste... and density.
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Not all fruits produce the same amount of seeds. Some fruits have many seeds inside of them for more chance of replanting their seeds. Other fruits have one, large seed or a pit that th
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Plants need Water and Sunlight to Survive, but what about plants that live in the desert where there is very little to no rain?
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Endoskeletons and Exoskeletons
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Imagine a picnic without bees! Marvelous, delightful, bee sting free... except, after this lesson you'll realize there wouldn't even be a picnic without bees!
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Why does everyone want to sit next to the mushroom in the cafeteria? Because he's a really fungi!
Make a mushroom spore print and see how mushrooms reproduce!
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A classic- but easy experiment to show how plants are able to absorb water and nutrients through a process called transpirational pull.
By cutting the stalk of celery in half, you are able
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When you eat fresh produce and meat you're a consumer of energy from the sun. Use this outdoors activity to demonstrate to students how energy is lost through the food chain.
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