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Where Does My Burger Come From?

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Estimated Time: 30 minutes

Materials

  • Chart paper/board space
  • Scissors
  • Crayons or markers
  • Build-a-Burger handout (note, teacher may choose to laminate a set for the classroom and to use as a demonstration)
  • Glue sticks
  • Paper plates

Instructions

  1. Ask the students, “Have you ever taken a bite of a hamburger and wondered where all the ingredients came from?” Explain that in this activity, students will take a closer look at the ingredients on a burger and identify which ingredients are grown by farmers and ranchers in the community.
  2. Invite the students to brainstorm different ingredients used to make a burger. With each idea, place the corresponding ingredient on the pocket chart. Talk about where the ingredient comes from. For example, “I love pickles on my burger. Give a thumbs up if you like pickles too. What vegetables do we use to make pickles? (Cucumbers) Who grows cucumbers? (Farmers) Cucumbers are vegetables that are usually grown in a field.”
  3. Continue with each burger ingredient, making connections to local agriculture when possible.
    • Bun: wheat
    • Patty: meat, usually beef
    • Ketchup: tomatoes
    • Mustard: mustard plant
    • Mayonnaise: oil (canola or soybean) and eggs
    • Cheese: milk, usually from cows
    • Pickles: cucumbers
    • Tomatoes
    • Lettuce
  4. Distribute the Build-a-Burger handout. Invite the students to color the different ingredients, then cut them out and glue them onto a paper plate. If they start with a bottom ingredient first (most likely the bottom of the bun), the other ingredients will fit properly on top.

NC Foundations for Early Learning and Development – Pre-K Standards

  • APL-1n Communicate interest to others through verbal and nonverbal means.
  • APL-5r Independently seek new challenges.
  • APL-7k Independently identify and seek things they need to complete activities or tasks.
  • APL-7l Set simple goals that extend over time, make plans and follow through.
  • APL-8l Consistently remain engaged in self-directed activities.
  • LDC-1o Respond to requests for information or action.
  • LDC-1p Follow more detailed multi-step directions.

North Carolina Standard Course of Study – Kindergarten Standards

Social Studies

K.G.2 Understand interactions between humans and the environment.

Science

PS.K.1 Understand how objects are described based on their physical properties and how they are used.

Kindergarten, Pre-K
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