Children's Work - How We Organize Ourselves

Here are some examples of the work produced by the children throughout the inquiry:

Pre-assessment activity: The children made their own mini pizza by deciding what toppings they wanted.  While their pizza was cooking in the oven they thought about where all the toppings come from.  This pre-assessment task gave us a good insight into the children's prior knowledge - We were able to clearly see the depth of their understanding of the process of food production.  Shauryaa demonstrates a good understanding of the production of tomato sauce, however she does not make the link between cheese and the cow.

 Group Project: The children worked with a group to research a specific food.  They found out where in the world it comes from, other foods that can be made with it and then they decided what they wanted to make using this food and wrote a recipe. After the recipe was written they worked with a teacher to prepare the food and them shared it with their classmates.

Summative Assessment Task: For their final assessment the children visited Feldmoching Market and interviewed the people worked there.  They asked where the food comes from and how it was brought to the market.  When we returned from the market the children were given a type of food and asked to show the food process and the all the different people involved.

In addition to our class work, the children also investigated food outside of school.  One home project included finding out where the fruits and vegetables in the local supermarket come from. When the children brought their findings to school we placed it on a world map to create a visual representation of where our fruits and vegetables come from.  When exploring the map, many children came to the conclusion that most of our fruits and vegetables come from places that are in "the bottom part of our world".