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World Food
Greetings from Iowa, the heartland of the United States. I am a middle school teacher in charge of the computer lab at our school. I have six seventh grade students, three girls and three boys, who are participating in an Iowa Food Conference project on the Internet. We would like to invite anyone who wishes to participate in our local project. Our school will be out on May 30 so we would like responses in the next week or so to give us time to compile them
Since we live in a major agricultural area, we are interested in comparing what kinds of food is available in grocery stores around the world, where the food comes from, how much it costs, and where the water supply comes from. We will compile our findings and share them with all who participate in the project. All you need do is have your class compile and answer any or all of the following:
Objectives:
To give middle school students a global picture of how much their food costs and where it and their water comes from.
Curriculum Ideas:
Language arts: design a typical grocery list for your family (consult with your parents )
Math: Go to a store or look in newspaper for prices of groceries your family uses.
Science: Examine the water supply in your town. Where does your water come from? Is it checked regularly for safety?
Time line: May 12-May 16.
Directions for participation: Have your class or students answer the following questions and then send their answers to
KIDPROJ@listserv.nodak.edu using the subject line like this:
World Food:prices from Japan
1. How much does your family spend on groceries for one week?
2. What would a typical grocery list look like?
3. How often do you buy groceries?
4. How far is the grocery store from your house?
5. What does a grocery store or market look like in your country?
6. Where does your water supply come from?
7. Does your family raise any of the food you eat?
8. What crops are grown in your country?
9. How much does it cost farmers to buy a bushel of seed to plant a crop?
10. How much does a farmer get paid for his/her crops once they are harvested?
Answers!
Dear Kids,
Hey!! I am Stephanie and I am eleven years old. I would like to do the World Food project. These are the answers to the questions that were asked.
1. For my family of four, it costs about 150.00 for us to eat for one week.
2. A typical grocery list in out family would look like this: meats, milk, butter, cheese, lunch meat, snacks, bread, ice cream, canned good, cereal, peanuts, and fruit.
3. My family usually does our major grocery shopping once a week. We usually do not buy meats when we do major grocery shopping. The only one, we buy is chicken most of the time. So, we usually have to go to the grocery store about three or four times a week to buy dinner.
4. It depends on what grocery store you go to on how far away the grocery store is from my house. If you go to Food Lion it is about six to seven minutes. If you go to Super Fresh, which is another grocery store that we go to every once in a while, I would say that it is about fifteen to twenty minutes away.
5. Your average grocery store is pretty big and has a meat department, deli, bakery, and dairy. There are about fifteen cash registers where you can pay for all of your groceries. So, all in all, your average grocery store is pretty large.
6. Our water supply comes from our well.
7. Yes, my family raises some of the food that we eat. In the summer time, we plant tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, strawberries, and peppers. But other than that, no, we do not raise any of the food that we eat.
8. We grow soy beans, corn, wheat, watermelon, cantaloupe, strawberries, and much more in our country.
9. It's costs $11.50 to $15.50 to buy soybean and it costs $10.50 for cover-crop.
10. The crops go by the market price. For instance: Cash Corn-$3.25, Cash Soybeans-$8.87, Contract wheat-$3.69, and Contract barley-$3.10. All of these are per bushel.
Stephanie Palmer
Delmar Elementary School-Delmar Maryland
Dear Kids,
Hi!!! My name is Heather Boothe and I am eleven years old. I will be twelve in July. Here are the answers to yourquestions:
1. We spend 70 to 80 dollars a week when we go big shopping,
2. This is what I buy at the grocery store: milk, drink, cheese, bread, butter, snacks(or junk food),french fries, lunch stuff for school, canned goods, cereal, cat food, Hamburger Helper(sometimes) Tomatoes, lettuce, onions, potatoes, and some other things that I can't think of.
3. I usually but groceries Thursday or Fridays and if we need other things or run out we go back to the store,
4.I shop at two store, IGA and Food Lion. IGA is about five to seven minutes from our house. Food Lion is about 7 to 10 minutes from my house. Well, some stores are made of brick and they have a lot of shelves in them. The shelves are piled with food. They also have freezers with stuff that has to be cold. I have to get back to class and I will finish the rest next time.
Sincerely,
Heather Boothe
Linda Burk lburk@email.adel.k12.ia.us
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