Food in Your LifeUnit #1

Unit Chapters1. The Amazing World of Food

2. Diversity at the Table

3. The Food Supply

4. Food Science and Technology

Essential Question Journal Entry #U-1

• Focus on Food:– Write a journal entry about one of the topics

below. This will help you prepare for the unit project at the end of this unit.• Identify the foods you eat that may be grown locally.• Describe how people can help the environment by

purchasing locally grown foods.

The Amazing World of FoodChapter #1

Essential Question Journal Entry #C-1

• Food and Happiness:– Write about the relationship between food and

happiness. Allow your writing to be spontaneous. Simply write your thoughts, ideas, memories, or experiences relating to food and happiness.

Learning Targets

1. Explain what makes food powerful.

2. Describe the role of science in food.

3. Summarize the ways that food provides pleasure.

4. Describe the skills you can build as you learn about food.

Diversity at the TableChapter #2

Essential Question Journal Entry #C-2

• Imagine:– Imagine that you will write a narrative about

your first encounter with a new food. The narrative will include details about the circumstances, your first reaction, and how the experience has affected your current feelings about the food. Create an outline for this narrative. Your outline should consist of three to five main points, each supported by two to three details.

Learning Targets

5. Explain culture and its relationship to food.

6. Summarize influences on cuisines and customs.

7. Identify similarities in global cuisines.

8. Explain food customs today.

9. Describe food customs in the United States.

The Food SupplyChapter #3

Essential Question Journal Entry #C-3

• The Food Supply:– Think about the origin of all of the items in your

most recent meal. Where did each item come from? How many hands did it pass through from the source to your plate?

Learning Targets

10. Explain ecosystems and their relationship to food.

11. Describe the main sources of the U.S. food supply and the steps food takes from farm to consumption.

12. Identify global food problems and explain their causes.

13. Explain global water problems.

14. Describe solutions to global food problems.

Food Science and TechnologyChapter #4

Essential Question Journal Entry #C-4

• Technology and Your Diet:– Write about the foods you have eaten today.

Which ones were stored in packages? How difficult would it have been for you to obtain the ingredients in those packaged foods and make them from scratch yourself? Does technology influence the amount and type of foods you eat?

Learning Targets

15. Explain the relationship between science and technology.

16. Explain five ways technology affects food.

17. Identify three ways science improves health.

18. Name three ways cooks use technology in meal production.

Bibliography• Kowtaluk, H. (2010). “Food for today.” Glencoe

McGraw-Hill; New York.

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