Stage 1 - Desired Results

Established Goals: The students will be able to apply the following practices from the New
Hampshire Guidelines for Family and Consumer Sciences Education (2!"
Content Standard: 2#2" $naly%e the relationship of the en&ironment to family and consumer
resources#
Competencies" 2#2#'" (etermine indi&idual and family responsibility in relation to the
en&ironmental trends and issues#
2#2#2" E)amine en&ironmental trends and issues affecting families and future generations#
2#2#*" E)amine beha&iors that conser&e+ re,use+ and recycle resources to maintain the
en&ironment#
-#*#." $sses the influence of socio,economic and psychological factors on food and nutrition
beha&ior#
Understandings: Students will
understand that a wide &ariety of foods
grow wild in the local en&ironment#
Students will understand the seasonal
nature of these resources# Students will
distinguish basic ris/s0benefits of
har&esting wild foods#
Essential Question: 1hat consumable local
resources are a&ailable to the indi&idual or family
who wish to har&est and use wild edible2
Students will /now that many sorts of wild
food and traditional medicinals are
a&ailable in their area# Students will /now
that resources in a &ariety of media e)ist
for identifying and preparing wild foods#
Students will be able to access prior /nowledge
of local flora# Students will be able to synthesi%e
prior /nowledge with lesson content to identify
edible plant species# Students will be able to
demonstrate /nowledge of research resources
for further independent /nowledge collection#
Stage 2 - Assessment Evidence
er!ormance "as#s:
Students will brainstorm within their
wor/ing groups to identify areas of prior
/nowledge relating to wild foods+
gathering practices+ and preparation
methods# 3esults will be formally shared
with larger class#
Students will research species
identification0en&ironmental preferences+ har&est
methods+ or preparation methods (recipes! for
one specific species encountered during the
course of the lesson#
Sel!-Assessments: Students will
e)amine prior /nowledge in a group
setting#
$ther Evidence% Summari&ed: Students will
participate in class discussion and lesson
e)ercises#
Stage ' - (earning lan
(earning Activities
'! Students will brainstorm within their
wor/ing groups to identify areas of prior
/nowledge relating to wild foods+
gathering practices+ and preparation
methods# 3esults will be formally shared
with larger class#
2! Students and instructors will utili%e the
immediate e)ternal school en&ironment+ including
landscape plantings+ 4oonlit 5roo/+ and the
Newmar/et 3ecreation fields+ to disco&er and
identify traditional sources of wild food#
*! Students will return to the classroom
and initiate research into species
encountered during the course of the
lesson#
.! Students will apply prior lessons in creating
and preparing a meal using locally gathered wild
foods# Students will e&aluate taste and utilities of
wild foods &s# bought foods#